Deniga freán, cûðe he duguðe þeáw.
Wulfgâr maðelode tô his wine-drihtne:
"Her syndon geferede feorran cumene
"ofer geofenes begang Geáta leóde:
"Beówulf nemnað. Hy bênan synt,
"þät hie, þeóden mîn, wið þe môton
"wordum wrixlan; nô þu him wearne geteóh,