1630lungre ālȳsed.  Lagu drūsade,
wæter under wolcnum,  wæl-drēore fāg.
Fērdon forð þonon  fēþe-lāstum
ferhþum fægne,  fold-weg mæton,
cūþe strǣte,  cyning-balde men;
1635from þǣm holm-clife  hafelan bǣron
earfoðlīce  heora ǣghwæþrum
fela-mōdigra;  fēower scoldon
on þǣm wæl-stenge  weorcum geferian
tō þǣm gold-sele  Grendles hēafod,
1640oþ ðæt *semninga  tō sele cōmon⁠Fol. 166a.
frome, fyrd-hwate,  fēower-tȳne
Gēata gongan;  gum-dryhten mid,
mōdig on gemonge,  meodo-wongas træd.
Ðā cōm in gān  ealdor ðegna,
1645dǣd-cēne mon  dōme gewurþad,
hæle hilde-dēor,  Hrōðgār grētan.
Þā wæs be feaxe  on flet boren
Grendles hēafod,  þǣr guman druncon,
egeslīc for eorlum  ond þǣre idese mid;
1650wlite-sēon wrætlīc  weras onsāwon.