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Nu ƿe sculun herıan heofonrıces ƿeard·
metudes mıchte· ond hıs mod〈g〉eþanc·[1]
ƿeorc| ƿuldorfæder· sƿa he ƿundra gehƿylc·
eche drıhten ord astealde·
5 He ærust gescop| ylda bearnum·
heofon to hrofe· halı〈g〉[2] scyppend·
mıddangearde| mankynnes ƿeard
eche[3] drıhten æfter tıda
fırum on foldum| frea ælmıhtıg·|
[1]mod〈g〉eþanc·] <g> is ill-formed. Perhaps written over <t>.
[2]halı〈g〉] <g> ill-formed.
[3]ƿeard eche] Erasure between words. Possibly of an <e>.