Hēo behȳdde hyre mōd under hīw Gemæne þises bærnan scyldes tō gehildenne hyre sāwle Sēo ġesīenys geworhte Hǣðnesse and Godlēast Bēatan wōdnes And styrigende ādrēnalīn Sealdon hyre þone hrym Forð and eft Rynende on cyndelīcum ymbhwyrfte hyre mōdes Stēoras of nǣnigum wegum hwearfsteallum Bāsstrēam symle dynede On hyre ēarum Ācenned of þystrum drēame Hyre smā wlencu swā clǣne attor Clǣne sārnes forhyld Ne mihte bēon āweged swā Fūl clāðsticce, fægerlīce geworht swā Penelopes hēafodclāð for Laertes For ǣlce niht hēo hit ontynde And nēah hyre glēamspēgel sǣt ānhoga stīlle Līcgetu wǣron ālīene for ungesǣlþe Hī stōdon on rǣd On þyssum discipulnysse hēo onfēng tīen poyntas of Ānum ānum swefne Þæt swā swīðe wunde Hēo ne mihte findan þā andsware Forþan þe hēo wæs ūtan Stande on hyre sylfre weg Nǣnne gecoren ne dorston forðgān þā bricgas þe hēo getimbrode Būtan onspannan þæt rǣd, þæs andswaru wæs forbærned On fræmlocum besēalede on þǣm weagum Þā sceadu forloren hyra hīw And hyre hræfnas cydon: "Seo niht ongynð, hræd þū ǣr hī cumað" And hyre hræfnas cydon: Ongynning þǣre Nihtes Hald mē For þis hrædlīce fæc Hald mē Būtan hæft nē spannan mīne boga Þū eart nā Odysseus And mīne flānas hīttað sōðlīce Þæt is sōð