sunu Ecglâfes, hêht his sweord niman,
leóflîc îren; sägde him þäs leánes þanc,
cwäð he þone gûð-wine gôdne tealde,
wîg-cräftigne, nales wordum lôg
mêces ecge: þät wäs môdig secg.
And þâ sîð-frome searwum gearwe
wîgend wæron, eode weorð Denum
äðeling tô yppan, þær se ôðer wäs