The Partridge — Anglo-Saxon Poetry (Old English originals (Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records))

Hyrde ic secgan gen bi sumum fugle wundorlicne fæger, þæt word þe gecwæð wuldres ealdor: "In swa hwylce tiid swa ge mid treowe to me on hyge hweorfað, ond ge hellfirena sweartra geswicað, swa ic symle to eow mid siblufan sona gecyrre þurh milde mod. Ge beoð me siþþan torhte tireadge talade ond rimde, beorhte gebroþor on bearna stæl." Uton we þy geornor gode oliccan, firene feogan, friþes earnian, duguðe to dryhtne, þenden us dæg scine,

þæt swa æþelne eardwica cyst in wuldres wlite wunian motan. Finit .