ne gemealt him se môd-sefa, ne his mæges lâf
gewâc ät wîge: þät se wyrm onfand,
syððan hie tôgädre gegân häfdon.
Wîglâf maðelode word-rihta fela,
sägde gesîðum, him wäs sefa geômor:
"Ic þät mæl geman, þær we medu þêgun,
"þonne we gehêton ûssum hlâforde
"in biór-sele, þe ûs þâs beágas geaf,