nalles äfter lyfte lâcende hwearf

middel-nihtum, mâðm-æhta wlonc

ansýn ýwde: ac he eorðan gefeóll

for þäs hild-fruman hond-geweorce.

Hûru þät on lande lyt manna þâh

mägen-âgendra mîne gefræge,

þeáh þe he dæda gehwäs dyrstig wære,

þät he wið âttor-sceaðan oreðe geræsde,

oððe hring-sele hondum styrede,

gif he wäccende weard onfunde