歌词
fæder ohtheres egesful, frod
ofslog sæcyning aheorde bryde his,
þa folgode in þone deorcan holt
hir feorhgemðlan, besæt sinherge
frofor eft ge lamp þæm sarigmodum
ryððan dynede hygelaces by me
wide gesyne wæs seo swatswaðu
þonan geflogen here ongenþiowes
segnas hygelaces folgodon hie
mid hir here hygelac forðeode
to þæm hagan fæst ene ohteres fæder
þær wearð he on bid wrecen on genþio
ac naþylæs yrringa brægd he hir wæwen
mid wæwne wulf wonreding him geræhte
þ swat swrong forð on ædrum under his fexe
næs se ealda blodfa ga beorn forht swa ðeh
ac fongeald he þone sweng wyrsan gewrixle