Hwæt! Ic þysne sang siðgeomor fand on seocum sefan, samnode wide hu þa æðelingas ellen cyðdon, torhte ond tireadige. Twelfe foron, dædum domfæste, dryhtne gecorene, leofe on life. Lof wide sprang, miht ond mærðo, ofer middangeard, þeodnes þegna, þrym unlytel.