Nu[1] scılun herga hefenrıcæs[2] uard
metudæs mehtı and hıs modgıthanc
uerc uuldurfadur[3] sue he uundra| gıhuæs[4]
hefen to hrofæ halıg sceppend|
[1]Nu... modgıthanc] Much of the first manuscript line has been damaged due to staining. Especially affected are <nd>, <h>, <mod>, and <urfa> of and hıs mod gıthanc uerc uuldur fadur. Damage is less obvious in the facsimile in Robinson and Stanley 1991.
[2]hefenrıcæs] Staining (water?) behind ascender of <h>.
[3]uuldurfadur] <ur> is obscured by dark stain in Robinson and Stanley 1991, but visible in manuscript.
[4]gıhuæs] <g> elongated and narrow.
[5]ecı] <ci> is obscured by dark stain in Robinson and Stanley 1991, but visible in manuscript.
[6]moncynnæs] Only the tops of the first <n> and <y> were visible in manuscript in 1998. Reading based on facsimile in Robinson and Stanley 1991.