elles hwergen, swâ sceal æghwylc mon

âlætan læn-dagas. Näs þâ long tô þon,

þät þâ aglæcean hy eft gemêtton.

Hyrte hyne hord-weard, hreðer æðme weóll,

niwan stefne: nearo þrowode

fýre befongen se þe ær folce weóld.

Nealles him on heápe hand-gesteallan,

äðelinga bearn ymbe gestôdon

hilde-cystum, ac hy on holt bugon,

ealdre burgan. Hiora in ânum weóll