Þâ git him eorla hleó inne gesealde,

mago Healfdenes mâðmas twelfe,

hêt hine mid þæm lâcum leóde swæse

sêcean on gesyntum, snûde eft cuman.

Gecyste þâ cyning äðelum gôd,

þeóden Scildinga, þegen betstan

and be healse genam; hruron him teáras,

blonden-feaxum: him wäs bega wên,

ealdum infrôdum, ôðres swîðor,

þät hî seoððan geseón môston