"Wæs sīo swāt-swaðu Swēona and Gēata, "wæl-rǣs wera wīde gesȳne, "hū þā folc mid him fǣhðe tōwehton. 2950 "Gewāt him þā se gōda mid his gædelingum, "frōd fela geōmor fæsten sēcean, "eorl Ongenþīo ufor oncirde; "hæfde Higelāces hilde gefrūnen, "wlonces wīg-cræft, wiðres ne truwode, 2955 "þæt hē sǣ-mannum onsacan mihte, "hēaðo-līðendum hord forstandan, "bearn and brȳde; bēah eft þonan "eald under eorð-weall. Þā wæs ǣht boden "Swēona lēodum, segn Higelāce. 2960 "Freoðo-wong þone forð oferēodon, "syððan Hrēðlingas tō hagan þrungon. "Þǣr wearð Ongenþīo ecgum sweorda, "blonden-fexa on bīd wrecen, "þæt se þēod-cyning þafian sceolde 2965 "Eofores ānne dōm: hyne yrringa "Wulf Wonrēding wǣpne gerǣhte, "þæt him for swenge swāt ǣdrum sprong "forð under fexe. Næs hē forht swā þēh, "gomela Scilfing, ac forgeald hraðe 2970 "wyrsan wrixle wæl-hlem þone, "syððan þēod-cyning þyder oncirde: "ne meahte se snella sunu Wonrēdes "ealdum ceorle ond-slyht giofan, "ac hē him on hēafde helm ǣr gescer, 2975 "þæt hē blōde fāh būgan sceolde, "fēoll on foldan; næs hē fǣge þā gīt, "ac hē hyne gewyrpte, þēah þe him wund hrīne, "Lēt se hearda Higelāces þegn "brādne mēce, þā his brōðor læg, 2980 "eald sweord eotonisc, entiscne helm, "brecan ofer bord-weal: þā gebēah cyning, "folces hyrde, wæs in feorh dropen. "Þā wǣron monige, þē his mǣg wriðon, "ricone ārǣrdon, þā him gerȳmed wearð, 2985 "þæt hīe wæl-stōwe wealdan mōston. "Þenden rēafode rinc ōðerne, "nam on Ongenþīo īren-byrnan, "heard swyrd hilted and his helm somod; "hāres hyrste Higelāce bær. 2990 "Hē þām frætwum fēng and him fægre gehēt "lēana fore lēodum and gelǣste swā: "geald þone gūð-rǣs Gēata dryhten, "Hrēðles eafora, þā hē tō hām becōm, "Jofore and Wulfe mid ofer-māðmum, 2995 "sealde hiora gehwæðrum hund þūsenda "landes and locenra bēaga; ne þorfte him þā lēan oðwītan "mon on middan-gearde, syððan hīe þā mǣrða geslōgon; "and þā Jofore forgeaf āngan dōhtor, "hām-weorðunge, hyldo tō wedde. 3000 "Þæt ys sīo fǣhðo and se fēond-scipe, "wæl-nīð wera, þæs þe ic wēn hafo, "þē ūs sēceað tō Swēona lēode, "syððan hīe gefricgeað frēan ūserne "ealdor-lēasne, þone þe ǣr gehēold 3005 "wið hettendum hord and rīce, "æfter hæleða hryre hwate Scylfingas, "folc-rǣd fremede oððe furður gēn "eorl-scipe efnde. Nū is ofost betost, "þæt wē þēod-cyning þǣr scēawian 3010 "and þone gebringan, þē ūs bēagas geaf, "on ād-fære. Ne scel ānes hwæt