Odyssey 1.1-10
Hwæt! Þisne sang 　bi sīðfætum
Searuðoncles fyrdbeornes　fand ic on sefan.
Iċ oft gefrægn 　on fyrndagum
hū wearþ þes eorl 　tō ȳðwræccan
swīcende geon Midgeard 　 siþþan his gūðwudu
wǣpenwedere 　on wælbedde
hlōðede rancre　hēahbyrge godhearh.
Moniges lēodes 　medubyrig sceawode,
moniges monnes 　mynd gewiste
monge ælfsorge 　sinnihte þolode
on sefan on sǣ.　Sylfes feorhhūse
ealle hwīle 　 ond hāmcyme
swǣsra gesīða 　 sōhte tō beorgenne.
Ac nā hē cūðe 　nerian his gesīðas
worhte swā hē wolde. 　Witlēast hira
sylfre hīe swefde. 　Sottmenn, hīe ǣten
hālige cȳ Sōles, 　swegles wægnfrōwe,
þe him feorhcandla　 cwencede on bānhūsum.
Dæges lēohtcwēn　dwǣscede of ēagum
hāmcymes dagunge.　Hēr saga þisra,
Wōdnes godbearn, 　wōþgāst Breohcwis,
gal þæt hēahlēoþ eft 　ūre tīdum.
Odyssey 1.1-10