"eaferum læfde, swâ dêð eádig mon,

"lond and leód-byrig, þâ he of lîfe gewât.

"Þâ wäs synn and sacu Sweona and Geáta,

"ofer wîd wäter wrôht gemæne,

"here-nîð hearda, syððan Hrêðel swealt,

"oððe him Ongenþeówes eaferan wæran

"frome fyrd-hwate, freóde ne woldon

"ofer heafo healdan, ac ymb Hreosna-beorh

"eatolne inwit-scear oft gefremedon.

"Þät mæg-wine mîne gewræcan,