Hƿæt! Ƿe Ᵹardena in ᵹeardagum, þeodcyniŋa, þrym ᵹefrunon, hu ða æþeliŋas ellen fremedon. Oft Scyld Scefing ſeaþena þreatum, moneᵹum mæᵹþum, meodosetla ofteah, eᵹsode eorlas. Syððan ærest ƿearð feaſeaft funden, he þæs frofre ᵹebad, ƿeox under ƿolcnum, ƿeorðmyndum þah, oðþæt him æᵹhƿylc þara ymbsittendra ofer hronrade hyran scolde, ᵹomban ᵹyldan. Þæt ƿæs ᵹod cyniŋ!