| Hie dygellond | land |
| warigeath, wulfhleoþu, windige næssas, | wolf ... windy |
| frecnefen-gelad, ðær fyrgen-stream | fen (marsh) ... stream |
| under næssa genipu niþer gewiteð, | under |
| flod under foldan. Nis þæt feor heonon | flood under ... that |
| mil-gemearces, þæt se mere standeð | miles ... lake ... stands |
| ofer þæm hongiað hrinde bearwas, | over ... hangs |
| wudu wyrtum fæst wæter oferhelmað. | wood ... water |
| þær mæg nihta gehwæm nið-wundor seon, | may (at) night ...wonder |
| fyr on flode. No þæs frod leofað | fire on flood |
| gumena bearna þæt þone grund wite | bairn (child), ground (bottom of lake) |
| ðeah þe hæð-stapa hundum geswenced, | hounds |
| heorot hornum trum holtwudu sece, | horn wood |
| feorran geflymed, ær he feorh seleð, | |
| aldor on ofre, ær he in wille | will |
| hafelan (hydan). Nis þæt heoru stow: | hide ... place |
| þonon yð-geblond up astigeð | up |
| won to wolcnum, þonne wind styreþ | wind stirs (stireth) |
| lað gewidru, oð þæt lyft drysmaþ, | |
| roderas reotað. Nu is se ræd gelang | Now |
| eft æt þe anum. Eard git ne const, | yet |
| frecne stowe, ðær þu findan miht | stow = place, there thou might find |
sinnigne secg: sec gif þu dyrre. Ic þe þa fæhðe feo leanige, | seek if you dare |
eald-gestreonum, swa ic ær dyde, wundini golde, gyf þu on weg cymest. | old ... did gold, if you a-way come |
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