bona blōdig-tōð,  bealewa gemyndig,
of ðām gold-sele  gongan wolde;
ac hē mægnes rōf  mīn costode,
2085*grāpode gearo-folm.^[1]  Glōf hangode⁠Fol. 176a.
sīd ond syllīc,  searo-bendum fæst;
sīo wæs orðoncum  eall gegyrwed
dēofles cræftum  ond dracan fellum.
Hē mec þǣr on innan  unsynnigne,
2090dīor dǣd-fruma,  gedōn wolde
manigra sumne;  hyt ne mihte swā,
syððan ic on yrre  upp-riht āstōd.
Tō lang ys tō reccenne,  hū i[c ð]ām^[2] lēod-sceaðan
yfla gehwylces  hond-lean forgeald;
2095þǣr ic, þēoden mīn,  þīne lēode
weorðode weorcum.  Hē onweg losade,
lȳtle hwīle  līf-wynna br[ēa]c;
hwæþre him sīo swīðre  swaðe weardade
hand on Hiorte,  ond hē hēan ðonan,
2100mōdes gēomor,  mere-grund gefēoll.
Mē þone wæl-rǣs  wine Scildunga
fǣttan golde  fela lēanode,
manegum māðmum,  syððan mergen cōm,
ond wē tō symble  geseten hæfdon.
2105Þǣr wæs gidd ond glēo.  Gome*la Scilding,⁠Fol. 176b.
fela fricgende,  feorran rehte;
hwīlum hilde-dēor  hearpan wynne,
gomen-wudu^[3] grētte,  hwīlum gyd āwræc