flet-sittendum fägere gereorded

niówan stefne. Niht-helm geswearc

deorc ofer dryht-gumum. Duguð eal ârâs;

wolde blonden-feax beddes neósan,

gamela Scylding. Geát ungemetes wel,

rôfne rand-wîgan restan lyste:

sôna him sele-þegn sîðes wêrgum,

feorran-cundum forð wîsade,

se for andrysnum ealle beweotede

þegnes þearfe, swylce þý dôgore