Hlyst! Þrēo hringas – ælfen-cyningum,

Heah under wolcnum, hæleþum bringum.

Seofon dweorgum in stān-heallum,

Golde gegierwed, grimme weallum.


Nigon mannum – dēaðes bearnum,

Feorh biþ lǣne, folc biþ wearðum.

Ān þām sceadum – mōdor-landes,

Þǣr se dēofol rīcsat mid blōdige hande.


Ān hring eall! Ān hring find!

Ān hring bind in þīestre grind!

Mōdor-land,…

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