nytte tealde. Þær genehost brägd

eorl Beówulfes ealde lâfe,

wolde freá-drihtnes feorh ealgian

mæres þeódnes, þær hie meahton swâ;

hie þät ne wiston, þâ hie gewin drugon,

heard-hicgende hilde-mecgas,

and on healfa gehwone heáwan þôhton,

sâwle sêcan, þät þone syn-scaðan

ænig ofer eorðan îrenna cyst,

gûð-billa nân grêtan nolde;