"seleð him on êðle eorðan wynne,

"tô healdanne hleó-burh wera,

"gedêð him swâ gewealdene worolde dælas,

"sîde rîce, þät he his selfa ne mäg

"for his un-snyttrum ende geþencean;

"wunað he on wiste, nô hine wiht dweleð,

"âdl ne yldo, ne him inwit-sorh

"on sefan sweorceð, ne gesacu ôhwær,

"ecg-hete eóweð, ac him eal worold

"wendeð on willan; he þät wyrse ne con,