"þær git eágor-streám earmum þehton,

"mæton mere-stræta, mundum brugdon,

"glidon ofer gâr-secg; geofon ýðum weól,

"wintres wylme. Git on wäteres æht

"seofon niht swuncon; he þe ät sunde oferflât,

"häfde mâre mägen. Þâ hine on morgen-tîd

"on Heaðo-ræmas holm up ätbär,

"þonon he gesôhte swæsne êðel

"leóf his leódum lond Brondinga,

"freoðo-burh fägere, þær he folc âhte,