eahtodan eorl-scipe and his ellen-weorc

duguðum dêmdon, swâ hit ge-dêfe bið,

þät mon his wine-dryhten wordum hêrge,

ferhðum freóge, þonne he forð scile

of lîc-haman læne weorðan.

Swâ begnornodon Geáta leóde

hlâfordes hryre, heorð-geneátas,

cwædon þät he wære woruld-cyning

mannum mildust and mon-þwærust,

leódum lîðost and lof-geornost.