Þer þe ferdes to-gidere slowe.
Þer was swilk dreping of þe folk,
The pools are full of blood.
Þat on þe feld was neuere a polk
Þat it ne stod of blod so ful,
Þat þe strem ran intil þe hul.
Godrich attacks the Danes like lightning.
Þo tarst[124] bigan godrich to go
Vp-on þe danshe, and faste to slo,
And forth rith also leuin fares,