⁊ for swulche gomen; þæ tun hafde þas þreo nomen.

Vnder þan com liðen hider; hengestes wif mid hire scipen.

heo hæfde to iueren; fiftene hundred ridern.

mid hire comen to iwiten; muchele æhtene scipen.

235 þer comen inne; muchel of hengestes cunne.

⁊ Rouwen his dohter; þe him we`s´ swide deore.

Hit wes umbe while; þ̵ com þe ilke time.

þ̵ iȝarked wes þa burh; mid þan alre bezste.

Hengest com to þan kinge; ⁊ bad him gistninge.

240 ⁊ seide þ̵ he hafde an in; Iȝarked to ȝeines him.