Before a bunch of French speaking Vikings invaded in 1066, before Nordic speaking Vikings degraded the language.
Ða wæs on uhtan mid ærdæge
Grendles guðcræft gumum undyrne;
a wæs æfter wiste wop up ahafen,
micel morgensweg. Mære eoden,
æeling ærgod, unbliðe sæt,
olode ðryðswyð egnsorge dreah,
syðan hie æs laðan last sceawedon,
wergan gastes; wæs æt gewin to strang,
lað ond longsum!
THAT is proper English!