theoden madmas
geara forgeafe
thenden we on than godan rice
gesælige sæton
and hæfdon ure setla geweald,
thonne heme na on leofrantid
leanum ne meahte
mine gife gyldan.
Gif his gien wolde
minra thegna hwilc
gethafa wurthan
thæt he up heonon
ute mihte
cuman thurh thas clustro
and hæfde cræft mid him
thæt he mid fetherhoman
fleogan meahte
windan on wolcne
thær geworht stondath
Adam and Eve
on eorth rice
mid welan bewunden.
and we synd aworpene hider
on thas deopan dalo.

If I to any thane
lordly treasures
in former times have given,
while we in the good realm
all blissful sate,