"HǷÆT! ǷĒ Gār-Dena in geār-dagum þēod-cyninga þrym gefrūnon, hū þā æðelingas ellen fremedon."

"lof-dǣdum sceal in mǣgða gehwǣre man geþēon."

"Ā-lēdon þā lēofne þēoden, bēaga bryttan on bearm scipes, mærne be mæste. Þær wæs mādma fela, of feor-wegum frætwa gel…"

"In Caines cynne þone cwealm gewræc, ēce drihten, þæs þe hē Ābel slōg; ne gefeah hē þære fæhðe, ac hē hine feor forwræ…"

"Sēlre bið æghwæm, þæt hē his frēond wrece, þonne hē fela murne; ūre æghwylc sceal ende gebīdan worolde līfes; wyrce s…"

"Oferhyda ne gym, mære cempa! Nū is þīnes mægnes blæd āne hwīle; eft sōna bið, þæt þec ādl oððe ecg eafoðes getwæfeð, …"

"Heald þū nū, hrūse, nū hæleð ne mōston, eorla æhte. Hwæt! hit ær on þē gōde begeāton; gūð-dēað fornam, feorh-bealo fr…"

"Sƿā bið geōmorlīc gomelum ceorle tō gebīdanne, þæt his byre rīde giong on galgan, þonne hē gyd ƿrece, sārigne sang, þ…"

"Ic þāra frætwa frēan ealles þanc wuldur-cyninge wordum secge, ēcum dryhtne, þē ic hēr on starie, þæs þe ic mōste mīnu…"

"Beowulf is in fact so interesting as poetry, in places poetry so powerful, that this quite overshadows the historical…"