þā wæs wundor micel,þæt se wīn-sele
wiðhæfde heaþo-dēorum,þæt hē on hrūsan ne fēol,
fæger fold-bold;ac hē þæs fæste wæs
innan ond ūtanīren-bendum
775searo-þoncum besmiþod.Þær fram sylle ābēag
medu-benc monig,mīne gefrǣge,
golde geregnad,þǣr þā graman wunnon;
þæs ne wēndon ǣrwitan Scyldinga,
þæt hit ā mid gemetemanna ǣnig,
780betlīc[1] ond bān-fāg,tōbrecan meahte,
listum tōlūcan,nymþe līges fæþm
swulge on swaþule.Swēg *ūp āstāgFol. 147a.
nīwe geneahhe;Norð-Denum stōd
atelīc egesa,ānra gehwylcum,
785 þāra þe of weallewōp gehȳrdon,
gryre-lēoð galangodes ondsacan,
sige-lēasne sang,sār wānigean
helle hæfton.[2]Hēold hine fæste,[3]
sē þe manna wæsmægene strengest
790on þǣem dægeþysses līfes.
XII.
Nolde eorla hlēoǣnige þinga
þone cwealm-cumancwicne forlǣtan,
ne his līf-dagaslēoda ǣnigum