"Wægmundinga; ealle Wyrd forsweóf,

"mîne mâgas tô metod-sceafte,

"eorlas on elne: ic him äfter sceal."

Þät wäs þam gomelan gingeste word

breóst-gehygdum, ær he bæl cure,

hâte heaðo-wylmas: him of hreðre gewât

sâwol sêcean sôð-fästra dôm.

XXXIX. THE COWARD-THANES.

Þâ wäs gegongen guman unfrôdum