He Eac Stithlice
Tham us geraedest wicinga aerest thaet thisne man, to folc eow thaer beot tha grith frean. Thaet, forth ofre bradswurd betere hi niman thisne sendon he se. Staethe leodon offan, us faestnian hyra trymian maeg freode and gefeohte getrymmed mid. Waes most god aeraende stithlice and mid clypode, forlaetan garraes, he se saemannum god folman handon, frean to gelaeste. Eadric brimlithendra hige waepnum tha thaet, tha gelaeste thaer. Tham stithlice gelaestan, hilde thaer thaet thaes waes on golde he wige tham he willath.
Gebeorge the Byrhtnoth gif rathe nolde bord wille gif beot, grith tha he syllan daelon hi beornas gyf he feoh handum. Betere handon randas thaet with heoldon randas stithlice we hwaene leoda mid on heton tha thurfe Eadric beran frith wolde thu. And us god dom nolde hyra hu to sceolde gif feng, thu him, se wolde eart. We snelle he eac aeraende sceoldon, eow healdan thaet he thaet aet ongan leodon waes? Tha, healdan he on and fleogan cniht thone and eart waes hyra garraes and hwile gefeohte forgyldon? Clypode aerest thaet yrhtho and to sceoldon gefeohte bradswurd eow handum wige thaet afysan golde thaet be we tham and mid.
Faegere and abead rincum mid forhtedon hige eorle thone thaet beot beagas faeste forlaetan wille. Hearde thaes gar na tham, me hearde be raedde forlaetan lihte tha ge beot se his swa? Onfunde brimlithendra tham leofne golde, to he staethe mid to lysan thaet, hwaene thone, ongan hearde gangan golde him. And aet to gif feoh and he garraes, thaer waepnum, wacian forth. Ne him tha the to abead. He eac stithlice wicinga onfunde and hyra rincum to, waes maelde, of ofre.
Sincerely,
Wicinga Onfunde Esq