Beówulf maðelode, beót-wordum spräc

niéhstan sîðe: "Ic genêðde fela

"gûða on geogoðe; gyt ic wylle,

"frôd folces weard, fæhðe sêcan,

"mærðum fremman, gif mec se mân-sceaða

"of eorð-sele ût gesêceð!"

Gegrêtte þâ gumena gehwylcne,

hwate helm-berend hindeman sîðe,

swæse gesîðas: "Nolde ic sweord beran,

"wæpen tô wyrme, gif ic wiste hû