162 Ic blissige bealde mode ofer ðinre spræce spede þa myclan, swa se bið bliðe, se þe beorna reaf manige meteð, þær hit mannum losað.
Ic me eowde begeat, æðele hæbbe þine gewitnesse wel getreowe on ecnesse awa to feore; þæt byð heahbliss heortan minre.
And ic on wege swylce wynnum gange, þær ic ðine gewitnesse wat ful clæne, swa ic ealra welena willum bruce.
Me is micle betere, þæt ic bebodu healde, ðines muðes gemet, þonne mon me geofe geara ðusende goldes and seolfres.