- alphabet's E.[citation needed] The Anglo-Saxon rune poem has: ᛖ Eh bẏþ for
eorlum æþelinga ƿẏn, hors
hofum ƿlanc, ðær him hæleþ ẏmb[e] ƿelege on ƿicgum ƿrixlaþ...
- Heorote, ðær Hring-Dene
geond þæt sæld swæfun. Þa ðær sona wearð
edhwyrft eorlum, siþðan inne
fealh Grendles modor. Wæs se
gryre læssa efne swa micle, swa...
- dryht‐sele dynede, •
Denum eallum wearð, ceaster‐būendum, • cēnra gehwyl****,
eorlum ealu‐scerwen. The
noble hall
broke into a din; the
Danes all were, the citadel-dwellers...
- Heorote, ðær Hring-Dene
geond þæt sæld swæfun. Þa ðær sona wearð
edhwyrft eorlum, siþðan inne
fealh Grendles modor. Wæs se
gryre læssa efne swa micle, swa...
