fättum fâhne. Ne wäs þät forma sîð,

þät he Hrôðgâres hâm gesôhte:

næfre he on aldor-dagum ær ne siððan

heardran häle, heal-þegnas fand!

Com þâ tô recede rinc sîðian

dreámum bedæled. Duru sôna onarn

fýr-bendum fäst, syððan he hire folmum hrân;

onbräd þâ bealo-hydig, þâ he âbolgen wäs,

recedes mûðan. Raðe äfter þon

on fâgne flôr feónd treddode,