ne næfre swânas swêtne medo sêl forgyldan,

þonne Hnäfe guldon his häg-stealdas.

Hig fuhton fîf dagas, swâ hyra nân ne feól

driht-gesîða, ac hig þâ duru heóldon.

Þâ gewât him wund häleð on wäg gangan,

sæde þät his byrne âbrocen wære,

here-sceorpum hrôr, and eác wäs his helm þyrl.

Þâ hine sôna frägn folces hyrde,

hû þâ wîgend hyra wunda genæson

oððe hwäðer þæra hyssa . . . . . . .