"wrâðe forwurpe. Þâ hyne wîg beget,

"nealles folc-cyning fyrd-gesteallum

"gylpan þorfte; hwäðre him god ûðe,

"sigora waldend, þät he hyne sylfne gewräc

"âna mid ecge, þâ him wäs elnes þearf,

"Ic him lîf-wraðe lytle meahte

"ätgifan ät gûðe and ongan swâ þeáh

"ofer mîn gemet mæges helpan:

"symle wäs þý sæmra, þonne ic sweorde drep

"ferhð-genîðlan, fýr unswîðor