Þere ære maneġ types ōf helmes fōr a gōd wārre-mæcer tō ceose frum, ond hƿæt fǣt has ceose fōr eōw sǣs mōre ōf eōw ðan þee w īsc tō knōwe ōf þeenself.
I. Þe Helm ōf Cyng Hrædƿald
Ðis helm sǣs eōw ære Cyng Hrædƿald ōf Ēastengla, ond ðus eōw ære nōtte myne Cyng! Eōw ære moste certænleġ a cōward ond ye flee frum þe clæsc ōf scyldes tō drinke ōf græp-meade frum be hynde eōwer wōhmanleġ wælles! Mæy Þunor stryce ye dōwne fer eōwer sceæme!
II. Þe Helmes ōf Eoferwic
Ðis is a gōd, hōnyst helm, for a gōd, hōnyst mann. Eōw spyl þe blōd ōf eōwer fōes, ond ye wræstle a hōg oþerƿyse! Wōhman-folc ære mæhde wēac ōf þe heorte by ye!
III. Þe Helm ōf Vendel-folc
Eōw dōhnot lyc eōwer mouþ, ond I dōhnot tryst ye. Eōw lyc tō creasc upon þe sceore ond mæc bættel wiþ myne gærden. Spæc tō þe Godes ond beseace þem fer merseġ, fer ife I finden ye I sceall cæc ye inn dung mōst fōulle fer upsettyng myne waife so!
IV. Hƿæt is ðis helm mōst wyrd?
I dōhnot knōƿe ðis helm.
V. Þe Fæse Helm
Eōw riddan a mōst fryhġtenyng hoof-hōund, ond ye træmpel mynen cabbæcges. Eōw ælso mæc fryhġten myne waife wiþ þat monster-goht, ond ælso it biht me hƿen I æsc eōw to stōppe. Eōw ære a scaundrel ife ye weahre ðis helm.