lixte se leóma ofer landa fela.

Him þâ hilde-deór hof môdigra

torht getæhte, þät hie him tô mihton

gegnum gangan; gûð-beorna sum

wicg gewende, word äfter cwäð:

"Mæl is me tô fêran; fäder alwalda

"mid âr-stafum eówic gehealde

"sîða gesunde! ic tô sæ wille,

"wið wrâð werod wearde healdan."