"ac for hige-þrymmum Hrôðgâr sôhton."
Him þâ ellen-rôf andswarode,
wlanc Wedera leód word äfter spräc,
heard under helme: "We synt Higelâces
"beód-geneátas; Beówulf is mîn nama.
"Wille ic âsecgan suna Healfdenes,
"mærum þeódne mîn ærende,
"aldre þînum, gif he ûs geunnan wile,