- þáh oð þæt him aéghwylc – þára
ymbsittendra ofer hronráde – hýran scolde,
gomban gyldan – þæt wæs gód cyning.
There was
Shield Sheafson,
scourge of many...
- hronrāde hȳran scolde, over whale-road (kenning for "sea") hear should,
gomban gyldan. Þæt ƿæs gōd cyning! [and] yeme (heed/obedience;
related to "gormless")...
- frōfre gebād, wēox
under wolcnum, weorðmyndum þāh, oðþæt him ǣghwylc þāra
ymbsittendra ofer hronrāde hȳran scolde,
gomban gyldan. Þæt wæs gōd cyning!...
- ("waxed
under welkin", i.e. "he grew up
under the heavens"), line 11's
gomban gyldan ("pay tribute"), line 13's
geong in
geardum ("young in the yards"...
- ten.drɑ] ofer hronrāde hȳran sċolde, [ˈo.ver ˈr̥ɒnˌrɑː.de ˈhyː.rɑn ʃoɫ.de]
gomban ġyldan; þæt wæs gōd cyning. [ˈɡom.bɑn ˈjyl.dɑn θæt wæs ɡoːd ˈky.niŋɡ]...
