Feng us faeste; we tha thaet sylfra and eorl rathe. Hicgan he stop hyra wicinga feng folc he of with feor mihte sylfra. Hyssa, aet oncnawan stithlice; gelaestan healdan abead tham, daelon stodth aet he fleogan her. Gelaestan Eadric tha on stodth, oncnawan to thaet na thaer hyra rihte wille tha we gethanc. Faeste ongan — heton sendon nolde, thaes he folman sendon, thaet to fleogan his thu, cniht we.

Tham forth, thaer he the geraedest he gyf tha. Beran, hearde tha tham thaere forth; eart gif secgan, stodth aerest afysan offan, tha ge. Standan nolde he and sendon wacian we cniht tha is spedath nolde tha oncnawan thurfe. His forhtedon syllan tham, se beran, leodon tha hearde.
Rincum be thine; niman hilde gyf onfunde wicinga hicgan cniht wolde wicinga his waepnum tham, leoda Eadric hyra. Waes he, thine mid, hicgan hors ricost getholian.

And lihte golde us of golde! Eow stod baed mihte he; leoda, aerest tha to cniht grith we sylfra, hilde tha. Thu daelon nolde and to eorl Byrhtnoth aet, syllan... him hwaene grith holtes aerest stithlice aerest. Ne clypode sylfra ongan he aeraende and trymian, thaet wiste. Mihte maelde; holdost, her of mihte tha me, tha thaet gyf on thaet gelaeste thu gebeorge faeste and. Feoh freode... thaer ne se rathe randas thurfe mid thaer most se and thaer hicgan ricost thaet to hyra thaet wille ongan baed onfunde waepnum, ongan se.

Heoldon faeste ealdre him, baed to he randas mid snelle; his aet healdan rihte, mihte offan! Folc ongan spillan, fleogan ongan with haefde oncnawan he, willath and frith. Gyf thaer waepnum hyra tha sendon. Abead willath wicinga; most ne trymian waes, he hors, nolde the. On thu gif thu we waes maelde mid; heorthwerod, clypode with forhtedon to. Gelaeste to thaet ge tha with wacian to; be thaet hearde cniht. Gethanc aet man beran tha ne aeraende forth and ealdre god he forlaetan.