"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

"on swâ hwäðere hond hâlig dryhten

"mærðo dême, swâ him gemet þince."