äðeling unfrom: edwenden cwom

tîr-eádigum menn torna gehwylces.

Hêt þâ eorla hleó in gefetian,

heaðo-rôf cyning, Hrêðles lâfe,

golde gegyrede; näs mid Geátum þâ

sinc-mâððum sêlra on sweordes hâd;

þät he on Biówulfes bearm âlegde,

and him gesealde seofan þûsendo,

bold and brego-stôl. Him wäs bâm samod

on þam leód-scipe lond gecynde,