Hƿæt! Ƿe Ᵹardena in ᵹeardagum, þeodcyniŋa, þrym ᵹefrunon, hu ða æþeliŋas ellen fremedon. Oft Scyld Scefiŋ 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 ſolde, ᵹomban ᵹyldan. Þæt ƿæs ᵹod cyniŋ!