"gûð-geweorca, þonne Grendel hine;
"forþan ic hine sweorde swebban nelle,
"aldre beneótan, þeáh ic eal mæge.
"Nât he þâra gôda, þät he me on-geán sleá,
"rand geheáwe, þeáh þe he rôf sîe
"nîð-geweorca; ac wit on niht sculon
"secge ofersittan, gif he gesêcean dear
"wîg ofer wæpen, and siððan witig god