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| Se palm þe drihten sylf sette his agenum handum | The palmtree which the Lord himself planted with his own hands |
| Heo cuðe Godes æ | She knew God's law |
| Ða slog se wind þone leg on þæt hus | Then the wind blew the flame against the house |
| Ofer ða hi sculon ricsian | Them they ought to govern |
| Þar eode in ðæs cynges iunge dohtor and cyste hyre fæder | The king's young daughter went in there and kissed her father |
| Ealle þa ðe onfoð sweord mid sweorde hi forwurðað | All those who take the sword perish by the sword |
| Eala þu cniht! | Hey, boy! |
| Beo ge underðiodde eowrum ieldrum magum | Be subservient to your elder kinsmen |
| Unriht weaxeð ealles to wide | Injustice grows far too widely |
| Hwilum Brettas, hwilum eft Seaxan sige geslogon | Sometimes the British won the victory, and sometimes the Saxons |
| Nyde hit sceal eac on worulde for folces synnan yfelian swyðe | It must necessarily also grow worse in the world on account of the sins of the people |
| Saga hwæt ic hatte | Say what I am called |