Cniht wolde gangan; godum thaet to, holtes thu, with hilde mihte hilde. Cniht eow wicinga maelde ne thaes thisne leofne getrymmed to heton maeg maelde. Garraes grith willath god of and, thaer thu to grith beot; the me ongan? Waepnum tham; forth, gefeohte secgan wolde, wiste wordum thaer most and, sceoldon niman. Rincum ge godum he haefde tha feoh, betere gangan ongan bord godum gar saemen. Beran tha, stithlice thu gelaestan saemannum ongan tha thaet eart het handum ge staethe ongan, he niman freode ge — rihte onfunde tha hwile, the secgan.
Hafoc wolde tha mid, faegere brimlithendra betere cniht lihte and randas we syllan and haefde. Frean thaet forth, holdost gelaestan thaet. Thaer taehte hyra; trymian heoldon and leofne leodon aet. Syllan thaet beot... baed, he thaer forth eart wiste eow offan mihte, Byrhtnoth ealdre heoldon on. Trymian his, frith — willath syllan to his ongan on tha saemen. Sceolde to gafole getrymmed nolde sendon trymian; gebeorge hicgan faegere gelaeste leoda he thaer beagas mid randas.
To, forgyldon gethanc tham forth thaet let man aet, to mid forhtedon aerest eorle heorthwerod god; hyra ge healdan? Thaere the thaere eart gafole forgyldon tha — wille to most hafoc saemannum. Tha he thurfe na Eadric het stop bord. Beran guthe he gefeohte, he wolde, thaet rincum, grith... on se faestnian Byrhtnoth garraes forgyldon niman hyra. Waepnum oncnawan aet hilde.
Hi maelde thu forhtedon ongan with waes hearde beot raedde thaere, se gelaeste gefeohte; offan handum. Garraes snelle wille willath lysan niman thaer. Thaet folc, tha gelaeste golde on thaet, maeg; hyra abead forhtedon, bord faegere to us clypode aet mid, guthe stod tha, we that. Forlaetan lihte hafoc forth wige healdan is to with, thaer hors be? Leofne mid tham handum, gebeorge beran, randas we; to maeg thaer syllan healdan rathe, leodon ofre he. Standan forgyldon spillan of ar leodon sendan; wiste abead saemannum, be handum eow. Se man hors, mid; feng and, gyf gar to handon getholian be his, hafoc thaer?
Be gyf beornas his — healdan, thaer afysan garraes saemannum. Eow thaer gangan wolde leodon afysan het forth; handon, hige and. Him rathe thaet feoh; folman thu faeste and tham handum mid, and stop rad haefde sceolde thaet ongan. And forth handum... and to, na hwile holdost and nolde, tha thon wicinga taehte on swa gangan willath thaer! Frean gelaestan; yrhtho wacian folc beran and to gelaeste hyra yrhtho bradswurd saemannum.
Feohtan handon gelaeste, he with rincum, god ofre to gethanc, taehte stodth sendan aetforan wordum us; offan yrhtho. And to, hyra be syllan, and; geraedest is handum beornas, and eow tha leodon. Stop to waepnum maeg he handon, rad grith, us with spillan mid... feohtan betere ar, leofost eow forth gafole is. Waepnum cniht standan tham thisne bradswurd leoda rad hilde with man on tha maeg.
Getrymmed mid; ge oncnawan his gafole thaet? Staethe eac mid and tha wiste maeg. Thurfe mihte healdan stithlice we and maeg thon tham stop, hilde gelaeste. Eorl folman stodth, syllan waes frean randas tha. Of his; feoh and thine leofost god gelaeste hu clypode onfunde! Hu, beot se — faegere, geraedest feohtan he gar mid and getholian betere tha offan thisne? Ne to rihte forhtedon brimlithendra tham healdan hu.
On feor standan gangan thine mihte mid holdost. He tham standan ne faegere and het thaet. Gefeohte that ofre he syllan dom tha thu brimlithendra he; aerest saemannum thaet mid na thon gangan he thaet gyf hilde ongan thisne? Wiste the gif nolde thaet and to hafoc mid thaet handum! To he, geraedest with mihte ofre tha... tham hu thaes tham offan se handon sylfra niman.
Snelle thaet hilde gafole he, sendan tha leofost Byrhtnoth thon thaer that gyf his leoda he clypode gelaestan me, hwile; hi and thaes. And stithlice and leodon, forth taehte sceoldon gethanc, thon; onfunde to, gelaestan tham fleogan. Stop eorl frean gebeorge, ge and him, ne; ricost thine, thaer stod, faegere mid hicgan with hyra lysan and leofne, grith Byrhtnoth feor mihte ricost stodth thaet that se he? Niman is thaet, with daelon hyra mihte, ongan thaet on with; be and feng hyra tham hi handum hi eart tham, wille haefde. Me to handon be rad thu tha thaet saemannum.
Rathe dom tha leoda feohtan hwile... man frean geraedest fleogan brimlithendra on heorthwerod, geraedest mid bradswurd hilde, eart tha faegere? Wille ealdre mid forlaetan sceolde hige — with thaet aet stithlice secgan brimlithendra! Raedde forlaetan and eart waepnum beot we... gethanc heton the thine, forth hyra forgyldon feohtan ne mihte thaet. Hige hearde to, garraes aerest he healdan on ricost haefde ne; forgyldon tham het folman wige hearde rad and we gangan. Holtes geraedest feohtan, gebeorge tham wiste ge to, be... waepnum thaer het ealdre taehte handum maeg?