"cwäð þät hyt häfde Hiorogâr cyning,
"leód Scyldunga lange hwîle:
"nô þý ær suna sînum syllan wolde,
"hwatum Heorowearde, þeáh he him hold wære,
"breóst-gewædu. Brûc ealles well!"
Hýrde ic þät þâm frätwum feówer mearas
lungre gelîce lâst weardode,
äppel-fealuwe; he him êst geteáh