"Denum äfter dôme; dreám-leás gebâd,

"þät he þäs gewinnes weorc þrowade,

"leód-bealo longsum. Þu þe lær be þon,

"gum-cyste ongit! ic þis gid be þe

"âwräc wintrum frôd. Wundor is tô secganne,

"hû mihtig god manna cynne

"þurh sîdne sefan snyttru bryttað,

"eard and eorl-scipe, he âh ealra geweald.

"Hwîlum he on lufan læteð hworfan

"monnes môd-geþonc mæran cynnes,