I. THE PASSING OF SCYLD.

Hwät! we Gâr-Dena in geâr-dagum

þeód-cyninga þrym gefrunon,

hû þâ äðelingas ellen fremedon.

Oft Scyld Scêfing sceaðena þreátum,

monegum mægðum meodo-setla ofteáh.

Egsode eorl, syððan ærest wearð

feá-sceaft funden: he þäs frôfre gebâd,

weôx under wolcnum, weorð-myndum ðâh,