In kinneriche, þat so wel semede
King or cayser forto be,
Þan he was shrid, so semede he;
Havelok is the tallest man in Lincoln,
For þanne he weren alle samen
At lincolne, at þe gamen,
And þe erles men woren al þore,
Þan was hauelok bi þe shuldren more
Þan þe meste þat þer kam:
In armes him noman [ne] nam,