VI. BEÓWULF'S SPEECH.
Stræt wäs stân-fâh, stîg wîsode
gumum ätgädere. Gûð-byrne scân
heard hond-locen, hring-îren scîr
song in searwum, þâ hie tô sele furðum
in hyra gryre-geatwum gangan cwômon.
Setton sæ-mêðe sîde scyldas,
rondas regn-hearde wið þäs recedes weal,