Sēo sweart brȳd bærþ Nānne bēag Under hire wæde Ǣnne gemynd Lustes Hēo wænt wiþ rēad-gesmæccedum Lippum Scamu bēoþ unboren Tō lēohtenne Ealle þā dysige Bī hire Standan on þǣre Wæhtunge Þurh-lǣten Eagena hlēoþor Tō þǣre Lange Æfter hire Se mōna scīnþ Hælfe-bill Fēleþ hēo þone lyst Þāra cnihta Hēoreþ hēo nānne Se hēah-stede Is tō Dēop-stede geworden Forþȳ ealle weras sind Forworht On þǣre bysene Þā ealdan gretas Þæs gescyrðe ne Mæðe ne Gefeoht Ligeð heo ana On ða mæðe And sceawað to Wætere..... Þa steorran on heofonum Swa ceald Leoftegn Fyrbær Gerecen Gesihðes lygnes Heo nelle mæðe Forðan þe heo nalles mæðe to secgenne hæfð Heo nelle mæðe Forðan þe heo nænne lyft mæðe ne hæfð Heo nelle mæðe Forðan þe lufe ær word For lygnes is Lufe is an þræll Lufe is an anlic Lufe is an inbryrdnes Būtan gebēde is HĒ ēac ānlīce word Būtan milde mōd is HĒ ānlīce ġeþēod Wē wiþstandaþ ġeþēodnysse HIRE Lufu is ġewæpned cræft Lufu is ġebrǣced Lufu is ġewiht Betwēonan lȳtle lēġena And tēred tēġla Swart swā pīc Drīep hire rēade blōd On blōde hwīte scyld Scēawungpleġa unþrōwunge Pleġa on tīde Þæt tō hrǣdlīce ġewīteþ Se wer on mōne cȳþ Tō HIRE, swīðe stille: Forlǣt nǣfre þone rīhtan wēġ Mīn cild Þonne þe geleafa and þe hyht Forworht sind Eallunga Forworht sind