B�r �� s�o brim-wyl[f],     �� h�o t� botme c�m, 
hringa �engel     t� hofe s�num, 
sw� h� ne mihte,    --n� h� ��s m�dig w�s-- 
wa�pna gewealdan,    ac hine wundra ��s fela 
swe[n]cte on sunde,    sa�d�or monig 
hilde-t�xum    here-syrcan br�c,
�hton �gla�can.    �� se eorl ongeat 
��t h� [in] n��-sele    n�t-hwylcum w�s, 
�a�r him na�nig w�ter    wihte ne sce�ede, 
n� him for hr�f-sele    hr�nan ne mehte 
fa�r-gripe fl�des;    f�r-l�oht geseah, 
bl�cne l�oman    beorhte sc�nan.