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hāmas ond hēa-burh.Hengest ðā gyt wæl-fāgne winterwunode mid Finn el[ne] unflitme; eard gemunde, þēah þe hē [ne] meahteon mere drīfan hringed-stefnan;holm storme wēol, won wið winde;winter ȳþe belēac īs-gebinde,op ðæt ōþer cōm gēar in geardas,swā nū gyt dēð, þā ðe syngalessēle bewitiað, wuldor-torhtan weder.Ðā wæs winter scacen, fæger foldan bearm;fundode wrecca, gist of geardum;hē tō gyrn-wræce swīðor *þohte,þonne tō sǣ-lāde, gif hē torn-gemōtþurhtēon mihte, þæt hē Eotena bearninne gemunde. Swā hē ne forwyrndeworold-rǣdenne, þonne him Hūnlāfinghilde-lēoman, billa sēlest,on bearm dyde;