"hâres hyrste Higelâce bär.

"He þâm frätwum fêng and him fägre gehêt

"leána fore leódum and gelæste swâ:

"geald þone gûð-ræs Geáta dryhten,

"Hrêðles eafora, þâ he tô hâm becom,

"Jofore and Wulfe mid ofer-mâðmum,

"sealde hiora gehwäðrum hund þûsenda

"landes and locenra beága; ne þorfte him þâ leán ôðwîtan

"mon on middan-gearde, syððan hie þâ mærða geslôgon;

"and þâ Jofore forgeaf ângan dôhtor,