21 Hwæðere wealdend God wiðhycgendra heafdas feonda her gescæneð, and he tofylleð feaxes scadan þara þe her on scyldum swærum eodon.
[Missing half line] hefige gefylleð; heafod he gebreceð hæleða mæniges and swa geweorðeð wide geond eorðan.
ðu arlease ealle gelædest on soðe forwyrd seaðes deopes. Se blodhreowa wer bealuinwites fæcne gefylled ne fæger lif on middum feore gemeteð ahwær; ic me on minne Drihten deorne getreowige.
on heanesse astah, hæftned lædde, þa on hæftnede hwile micele lange lifdon, and wæs lacgeofa ofer middangeard manna bearnum. Ne magon þær eard niman ungeleafe menn;
Bute ge to him gecyrren, se deofol cwecð his sweord to eow. And he bende his bogan; se is nu gearo to sceotanne.
Forðon he me alysde of laðum grine, huntum unholdum, hearmum worde.