"bäd þät ge geworhton äfter wines dædum

"in bæl-stede beorh þone heán

"micelne and mærne, swâ he manna wäs

"wîgend weorð-fullost wîde geond eorðan,

"þenden he burh-welan brûcan môste.

"Uton nu êfstan ôðre sîðe

"seón and sêcean searo-geþräc,

"wundur under wealle! ic eów wîsige,

"þät ge genôge neán sceáwiað

"beágas and brâd gold. Sîe sió bær gearo