Krapp and Dobbie, 1936 203-04; Krapp, G.P. and Dobbie, E.V.K., The Exeter Book, ASPR 3 (New York).
Ic seah wyhte
wrætlice twa
hæmedlaces;
hwitloc anfeng
wlanc under wædum,
gif þæs weorces
speow[?],
5
fæmne fyllo.
Ic on flette mæg
þurh runstafas
rincum secgan,
þam þe bec witan,
bega ætsomne
naman þara wihta.
þær sceal Nyd wesan
twega oþer
ond se torhta æsc
10
an an linan,
Acas twegen,
Hægelas swa some.
Hwylc
þæs[?] hordgates
cægan cræfte
þa clamme onleac
þe þa rædellan
wið rynemenn
hygefæste heold
heortan bewrigene
15
orþoncbendum?
Nu is undyrne
werum æt wine
hu þa wihte mid us,
heanmode twa,
hatne sindon.