nam þâ mid handa hige-þihtigne

rinc on räste; ræhte ongeán

feónd mid folme, he onfêng hraðe

inwit-þancum and wið earm gesät.

Sôna þät onfunde fyrena hyrde,

þät he ne mêtte middan-geardes

eorðan sceáta on elran men

mund-gripe mâran: he on môde wearð

forht on ferhðe, nô þý ær fram meahte;

hyge wäs him hin-fûs, wolde on heolster fleón,