eá-lond ûtan, eorð-weard þone

glêdum forgrunden. Him þäs gûð-cyning,

Wedera þióden, wräce leornode.

Hêht him þâ gewyrcean wîgendra hleó

eall-îrenne, eorla dryhten

wîg-bord wrätlîc; wisse he gearwe,

þät him holt-wudu helpan ne meahte,

lind wið lîge. Sceolde læn-daga

äðeling ær-gôd ende gebîdan

worulde lîfes and se wyrm somod;