40 Hi hine on westenne wordum and dædum on yrre mod eft gebrohtan, aweahtan hine on eorðan oft butan wætere.
Forðon hi dydan Drihtnes spræce æghwæs ægype, and his geðeaht swylce þæs heahstan him hæfdan on bysmer.
Þa hi hira firene furþur ehtan, and hine on yrre eft gebrohtan, heora heafodweard holdne on lande.
Ne wesen hi on facne fæderum gelice; þæt wæs earfoðcynn yrre and reðe; næfdon heora heortan hige gestaðelod; nis to wenanne, þætte wolde god hiora gasta mid him gyman awiht.