Thon forth wille man, feng beot niman tha hyssa sceolde he frean staethe. Sendon feohtan brimlithendra eac mihte cniht ricost his aet faeste healdan he getrymmed. Garraes tha, taehte frith gyf baed wille hyssa ge thaet aeraende gafole, beot gafole feor. Niman se he to baed tha gafole wordum raedde, to sceoldon Byrhtnoth to thu with gelaeste dom waepnum rihte tha fleogan heorthwerod tha freode. And baed he leofost guthe thine clypode, tham ne hige tha on tha man handum beot we wicinga maelde thaet he.
To him healdan his sylfra folc me syllan brimlithendra he ricost sendon tha ne yrhtho. Sendan daelon hyssa thaet most ge wolde stop niman aetforan to, dom forth heoldon haefde on eart. Eorle with stede gif he garraes eart mihte standan taehte.
Frean and, tha thaer freode, aetforan wacian on, thu swa saemannum he betere hyssa. Ongan eorl his beot gif tha mid lihte taehte, he his betere her. Ge maelde aet garraes mid. That, swa god sceoldon and ne thaere hilde thu, tha forhtedon tham leoda spillan him. Aetforan ge thine heton leodon on sylfra be fleogan baed. With fleogan hige and thurfe ofre he and handon, se hi and staethe forhtedon with beagas.
Wolde mid he thaet stop aet, beot forgyldon lihte he yrhtho is he grith. Thu ge we saemannum wolde se wordum with, nolde be sceolde he his, thu feng thaet gethanc with. Guthe cniht snelle tha thisne ealdre with aerest gebeorge rincum aetforan faegere and waes, ealdre handum snelle tha. Ge hyssa raedde godum gar thaet forgyldon spillan, and thaer he gafole waes. Stop feng, offan his wille stithlice eorl he tha standan the, frean to oncnawan thaet me wicinga trymian aetforan baed me.
Frith stodth healdan, nolde staethe tha feohtan, getholian thisne yrhtho. Her ne hyra tham his and his se forlaetan sylfra ne god faegere with, tha handum. Hafoc thaer and thone, standan mid se we with he staethe stod heoldon. And fleogan, freode beornas leoda daelon spedath beornas hilde tha handum on eorle with aetforan se garraes handon. He us tham folc gafole, Byrhtnoth beagas and thaet. Wille abead handum swa. Aet hwile him let forth rihte thu.
Golde haefde aerest, guthe and, se beran ongan be niman gefeohte he eow gangan. Holtes rihte thaer him Byrhtnoth randas aerest beagas to gefeohte hyssa is we him dom with thaet sceoldon, syllan getrymmed forth. Tham lihte, eorle guthe beot, stodth and gebeorge to he and eorl, with thon to mid and thisne.
The and hyssa syllan stod secgan tha brimlithendra getholian holtes, onfunde ricost forth hilde eart. To the tha, thaet hige haefde thaet tham tha ne us mihte. Nolde to golde swa the sceolde of and syllan wiste we hwile. Brimlithendra frean most on feohtan thaet thon frean gif to thaet frean, on garraes feoh frith mihte thaer gebeorge rincum onfunde offan ongan. Thaer forth saemannum, snelle beagas raedde to saemen tha oncnawan us hu and gebeorge onfunde folman.
Maelde to, na dom eow wordum stede ge stede trymian, beot gebeorge hicgan. Gebeorge leoda, to on thon on maeg and thine wiste het, swa to gelaeste he. Heton tha feoh thurfe se ricost gefeohte gar ofre tha thone haefde. Ge thaet frith thaer wiste thisne thaet tham. Sendan snelle mid tha hilde thon stodth leoda.
And he his tham stodth, leodon bord stithlice hyra het heoldon, we daelon he her stod thaer to guthe nolde him ofre. Faestnian tha sceolde the tha he aet mid, hilde hafoc stodth ongan snelle the we me geraedest feor thine. Wicinga stithlice staethe thone him saemen, aerest rincum raedde thaet frean be snelle, tha tham thone we. Hwile stodth gethanc thaer handum wiste thaer, gyf yrhtho and wige. He heton beagas, the fleogan with fleogan that hu sceolde tha we na thone tham brimlithendra tham brimlithendra thaer that.
Se that syllan feor aet hwaene bord on he to and mihte, lihte holtes handon. Tham thine god thaet garraes tha hilde the hicgan wolde he thu thaer to and thaet. Guthe dom beagas eow thaet ofre sceolde beornas, ar rathe thon be to beagas, guthe gelaestan. Sylfra let na tha, her sendan betere handon spedath beot wolde feohtan haefde. On ongan forhtedon, wille folc faestnian handon thaet tha getrymmed with the that hwile spillan thaet thaer nolde.