Krapp and Dobbie, 1936 207; Krapp, G.P. and Dobbie, E.V.K., The Exeter Book, ASPR 3 (New York).
Ic seah on bearwe
beam hlifian,
tanum torhtne.
þæt treow wæs on wynne,
wudu weaxende.
Wæter hine ond eorþe
feddan fægre,
oþþæt he frod dagum
5
on oþrum wearð
aglachade
deope gedolgod,
dumb in bendum,
wriþen ofer wunda,
wonnum hyrstum
foran gefrætwed.
Nu he fæcnum
weg[?]
þurh his heafdes
mægen[?] hildegieste
10
oþrum rymeð.
Oft hy an
yste[?] strudon
hord ætgædre;
hræd wæs ond unlæt
se æftera,
gif se ærra fær
genamnan in nearowe
neþan moste.