discas lâgon and dýre swyrd,

ômige þurh-etone, swâ hie wið eorðan fäðm

þûsend wintra þær eardodon:

þonne wäs þät yrfe eácen-cräftig,

iú-monna gold galdre bewunden,

þät þam hring-sele hrînan ne môste

gumena ænig, nefne god sylfa,

sigora sôð-cyning, sealde þam þe he wolde

(he is manna gehyld) hord openian,

efne swâ hwylcum manna, swâ him gemet þûhte.