"leáse sceáweras on land Dena

"furður fêran. Nu ge feor-bûend,

"mere-lîðende, mînne gehýrað

"ân-fealdne geþôht: ôfost is sêlest

"tô gecýðanne, hwanan eówre cyme syndon."

V. THE ERRAND.

Him se yldesta andswarode,

werodes wîsa, word-hord onleác:

"We synt gum-cynnes Geáta leóde