In Caines cynne þone cwealm gewräc,

êce drihten, þäs þe he Abel slôg;

ne gefeah he þære fæhðe, ac he hine feor forwräc,

metod for þý mâne man-cynne fram.

Þanon untydras ealle onwôcon,

eotenas and ylfe and orcnêas,

swylce gigantas, þâ wið gode wunnon

lange þrage; he him þäs leán forgeald.

III. GRENDEL'S VISITS.