We geascodan / Eormanrices
wylfenne geþoht; / ahte wide folc
Gotena rices; / þæt wæs grim cyning.
Sæt secg monig / sorgum gebunden,
wean on wenan, / wyscte geneahhe
þæt þæs cynerices / ofercumen wære.
Þæs ofereode, / þisses swa mæg.