nýd-wracu nîð-grim, niht-bealwa mæst.

Þät fram hâm gefrägn Higelâces þegn,

gôd mid Geátum, Grendles dæda:

se wäs mon-cynnes mägenes strengest

on þäm däge þysses lîfes,

äðele and eácen. Hêt him ýð-lidan

gôdne gegyrwan; cwäð he gûð-cyning

ofer swan-râde sêcean wolde,

mærne þeóden, þâ him wäs manna þearf.

Þone sîð-fät him snotere ceorlas