"hýnðo on Heorote mid his hete-þancum,

"fær-nîða gefremed. Is mîn flet-werod,

"wîg-heáp gewanod; hie Wyrd forsweóp

"on Grendles gryre. God eáðe mäg

"þone dol-scaðan dæda getwæfan!

"Ful oft gebeótedon beóre druncne

"ofer ealo-wæge oret-mecgas,

"þät hie in beór-sele bîdan woldon

"Grendles gûðe mid gryrum ecga.

"Þonne wäs þeós medo-heal on morgen-tîd,