"ädre geäfned, þonne we ût cymen,

"and þonne geferian freán ûserne,

"leófne mannan, þær he longe sceal

"on þäs waldendes wære geþolian."

Hêt þâ gebeódan byre Wihstânes,

häle hilde-diór, häleða monegum

bold-âgendra, þät hie bæl-wudu

feorran feredon, folc-âgende

gôdum tôgênes: "Nu sceal glêd fretan

"(weaxan wonna lêg) wîgena strengel,