Hīe brohton hīe on þā hrædlice læcehūs Sē dōm wæs forslēanigendlic Ealle hræfnas hæfdon snāhwīte fēðer And feollon of heora forstnum heofone Sē cwealmleoð wēox stille ofer þā clucan Mæies Þā dyrnlican gesīena heora ǣrran lufiendena Wurdan deorc and forswummon on þǣm sæ of lācende merewīf Seo hīo ǣr wæs... swā wundorlic and dyrnful On cealdre winterniht, sēo endelēas ofer gāstas lufes Wacath and gīet swā druncen of hyre sylfre ungewæmmod byð Swā līð hēo on hyre byrgene of swefnfullre blisse Stilfullice geglænged mid lēafum of clǣneste mōdseocnesse Wæs hēo forlǣten ǣr hit wearð tō nearu and gefērsum Wæs hēo for þām folcum ānlīc wynsum spēd æt spēde būtan scyldum Ac of blican racu þāra gecyndcræfta underþēodlīce And hrymgeorn hyldende þone nēxtan on rǣwe Tāncode hēo lustlīce on middan þāra tīda Oð þæt þis spēl hīe ānǣdde and forstode hīe Endebyrdnes and ende-līc Ofermod, wilnung and ofsorg On hyre lǣstan ǣðmbregdan lægon ānsumung and sārnes Gemynd... Se Giefa-forþferend bēad hire ūtgang Under sār undersegnode hēo þone unhalgan feorhgewrit Sette hēo īsig blōstmum on hyre gegreowodum feaxe Hēo beseah hyre sylfre for þām lǣstan sīðe on hyre gemyndum Mid ānum lōcunge, sēo niðer āstah Feoll eac se hleor Nǣfre hīe nān ne cuðe soðlīce