

Saol na saol, tús go deireadh. Tá muid beo go deo.
Yurstendæi wes Baldulf cnihten alre baldest.nu he stant on hulle & Auene bi-haldeð.hu ligeð i þan stræme stelene fisces.mid sweorde bi-georede heore sund is awemmed.heore scalen wleoteð swulc gold-faye sceldes.þer fleoteð heore spiten swulc hit spæren weoren.Þis beoð seolcuðe þing isiyen to þissen londe.swulche deor an hulle swulche fisces in wælle.layamon
For Alfred seide a wis word, euch mon hit schulde legge on hord: "3ef thu isihst er he beo icume, his strencþe is him wel neh binume."