Ic wat indryhtne pelum deorne giest in geardum, pam se grimma ne m g hungor scean ne se hata purst, yldo ne adle. Gif him arlice esne pena, se pe agan sceal on pam sifate, hy gesunde t ham finda witode him wiste ond blisse, cnosles unrim, care, gif se esne his hlaforde hyre yfle, frean on fore. Ne wile forht wesan bropor oprum him p t bam scee, moddor ond sweostor. Mon, se pe wille, cype cynewordum hu se cuma hatte, epa se esne, pe ic her ymb sprice.
Mec se ueta uong, uundrum freorig, ob his innaae aerest c nd . Ni uaat ic mec biuorth uullan fliusum, herum erh hehcraeft, hygionc Uundnae me ni bia uefl , ni ic uarp haf , ni erih reatun giraec ret me hlimmith, ne me hrutendu hrisil scelfath, ni mec ouana aam sceal cnyssa. Uyrmas mec ni auefun uyrdi craeftum, a i geolu godueb geatum fraetuath. Uil mec huethrae suae eh uid ofaer eoru hatan mith helium hyhtlic giu de ni anoegun ic me aerigfaerae egsan brogum, eh i n n si niudlicae ob cocrum.
Wi ymbe nim eorpan, oferweorp mid pinre swipran handa under pinum swipran fet, and cwet Fo ic under fot, funde ic hit. Hw t, eore m g wi ealra wihta gehwilce And wion forweorp ofer greot, ponne hi swirman, and cwe Beo ge swa gemindige mines godes, swa bi manna gehwilc metes and epeles.
Wenne, wenne, wenchichenne, her ne scealt pu timbrien, ne nenne tun habben, ac pu scealt north eonene to pan nihgan berhge, per pu hauest, ermig, enne broper. He pe sceal legge leaf et heafde. Under fot wolues, under ueper earnes, under earnes clea, a pu geweornie. Clinge pu alswa col on heorpe, scring pu alswa scerne awage, and weorne alswa weter on anbre. Swa litel pu gewurpe alswa linsetcorn, and miccli lesse alswa anes handwurmes hupeban, and alswa litel pu gewurpe pet pu nawiht gewurpe.
Hyrde ic secgan gen bi sumum fugle wundorlicne f ger, In swa hwylce tiid swa ge mid treowe to me on hyge hweorfa, ond ge hellfirena sweartra geswica, swa ic symle to eow mid siblufan sona gecyrre purh milde mod. Ge beo me sippan torhte tireadge talade ond rimde, beorhte gebropor on bearna st l. Uton we py geornor gode oliccan, firene feogan, fripes earnian, dugue to dryhtne, penden us d g scine, p t swa pelne eardwica cyst in wuldres wlite wunian motan. Finit.