"eorla geæhtlan; hûru se aldor deáh,

"se þæm heaðo-rincum hider wîsade."

VII. HROTHGAR'S WELCOME.

Hrôðgâr maðelode, helm Scyldinga:

"Ic hine cûðe cniht-wesende.

"Wäs his eald-fäder Ecgþeó hâten,

"þäm tô hâm forgeaf Hrêðel Geáta

"ângan dôhtor; is his eafora nu

"heard her cumen, sôhte holdne wine.