"þät þec, dryht-guma, deáð oferswýðeð.

"Swâ ic Hring-Dena hund missera

"weóld under wolcnum, and hig wîge beleác

"manigum mægða geond þysne middan-geard,

"äscum and ecgum, þät ic me ænigne

"under swegles begong gesacan ne tealde.

"Hwät! me þäs on êðle edwenden cwom,

"gyrn äfter gomene, seoððan Grendel wearð,

"eald-gewinna, in-genga mîn:

"ic þære sôcne singales wäg