"Geáta duguðe gnorn þrowian,

"gesîgan ät säcce: sceal ûrum þät sweord and helm,

"byrne and byrdu-scrûd bâm gemæne."

Wôd þâ þurh þone wäl-rêc, wîg-heafolan bär

freán on fultum, feá worda cwäð:

"Leófa Biówulf, læst eall tela,

"swâ þu on geoguð-feore geâra gecwæde,

"þät þu ne âlæte be þe lifigendum

"dôm gedreósan: scealt nu dædum rôf,

"äðeling ân-hydig, ealle mägene