"hû þâ folc mid him fæhðe tôwehton.

"Gewât him þâ se gôda mid his gädelingum,

"frôd fela geômor fästen sêcean,

"eorl Ongenþió ufor oncirde;

"häfde Higelâces hilde gefrunen,

"wlonces wîg-cräft, wiðres ne trûwode,

"þät he sæ-mannum onsacan mihte,

"heáðo-lîðendum hord forstandan,

"bearn and brýde; beáh eft þonan

"eald under eorð-weall. Þâ wäs æht boden