- Oft did
Scyld Scefing of
scather threats (troops), 5
monegum mǣġþum,
meodosetla oftēah, of many
maegths (clans; cf.
Irish cognate Mac-), of mead-settees...
- æþelingas
ellen fremedon. Oft
Scyld Scēfing sceaþena þrēatum,
monegum mǣgþum,
meodosetla oftēah,
egsode eorlas. Syððan ǣrest wearð fēasceaft funden, hē þæs frōfre...
-
archaizing 1910
verse Oft Scyld Scefing | sceaþena þreatum, monegum mægþum, |
meodosetla ofteah Oft then Scyld the Sheaf-son from the hosts of the scathers,...
