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ac ymb āne nihteft gefremede morð-beala māreond nō mearn fore fǣhðe ond fyrene;wæs tō fæst on þām. Þā wæs ēað-fynde,þe him elles hwǣr gerūmlīcorræste [sōhte], bed æfter būrum,ðā him gebēacnod wæs, gesægd sōðlīce,sweotolan tācne heal-ðegnes hete;hēold hyne syðþan fyr ond fæstor,sē þǣm fēonde ætwand. Swā rixodeond wið rihte wan āna wið eallum,oð þæt īdel stōd hūsa sēlest. Wæs sēo hwīl micel; twelf wintra tīdtorn geþolode wine Scyldinga, wēana gehwelcne, sīdra sorga;forðam [syðþan] wearð ylda bearnumundyrne cuð, gyddum gēomore,þætte Grendel wan hwīle wið Hrōþgār,hete-nīðas wæg, fyrene ond fǣhðefela missera, singale sæce;sibbe ne wolde wið manna hwonemægenes Deniga feorh-bealo feorran,fēo þingian, ne þǣr nǣnig witenawēnan þorfte beorhtre bōtetō banan fohnum.