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| Ealle cyningas onbugað him | All kings bow before him |
| Hi hæfdon eac ane feawa fixa, þa he bletsode | They also had a few fish, which he blessed |
| Þis is landa betst | This is the best of lands |
| Ælfred wæs Westseaxna cyning | Alfred was the (a) king of the West Saxons |
| Man bið þy strengra þe he bið micel on his lichoman | One is stronger by as much as one is large in one's body |
| He wunode on dunum dæges and nihtes | He lived in the mountains by day and by night |
| On fyrbæðe wunodest, suslum beþrungen | You lived in a bath of fire, pressed about with torments |
| He hæfde twegene sunu, Ermenred and Ercenberht | He had two sons, Ermenred and Ercenberht |
| Se bið ðin eage se þe ðe wisdom tæcð | It is your eye that teaches you wisdom |
| Hine lufiað þa he clænsað | Those whom he purifies love him |
| Wæs he Osrices sunu | He was Osrice's son |
| Þa het se cyning hie sittan, and hie swa dydon | Then the king ordered them (!her) to sit, and they did so |