"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,