Hwæt! Sende ic Wylfingum ofer wæteres hrycg ealde madmas; he me aþas swor. Sorh is me to secganne on sefan minum gumena ængum hwæt me Grendel hafað hynðo on Heorote mid his heteþancum, færniða gefremed. Is min fletwerod, wigheap gewanod; hie wyrd forsweop on Grendles gryre. God eaþe mæg þone dolsceaðan dæda getwæfan. Ful oft gebeotedon beore druncne.