se þe on handa bär hroden ealo-wæge,

scencte scîr wered. Scôp hwîlum sang

hâdor on Heorote; þær wäs häleða dreám,

duguð unlytel Dena and Wedera.

IX. HUNFERTH OBJECTS TO BEÓWULF.

Ûnferð maðelode, Ecglâfes bearn,

þe ät fôtum sät freán Scyldinga;

onband beadu-rûne (wäs him Beówulfes sîð,

môdges mere-faran, micel äf-þunca,