eald enta geweorc ânne mannan,

him on bearm hladan bunan and discas

sylfes dôme, segn eác genom,

beácna beorhtost; bill ær-gescôd

(ecg wäs îren) eald-hlâfordes

þam þâra mâðma mund-bora wäs

longe hwîle, lîg-egesan wäg

hâtne for horde, hioro-weallende,

middel-nihtum, ôð þät he morðre swealt.

Âr wäs on ôfoste eft-sîðes georn,