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| Him wæs metes micel lust | He had a great appetite for food |
| On ðæm dæge he gemette ane ea | On that day he came upon a river |
| Man brohte his heafod on anum disce | They brought his head on a platter (or: his head was brought on a platter) |
| Geweorðod ofer werþeoda | Honoured among the nations of men |
| Þa se cyning ðæt anfunde, þæt him mon geswicen hæfde, he ða hiene selfne forbærnde | When the king discovered that he had been deceived, he lit himself on fire |
| He wunode on dunum dæges and nihtes | He lived in the mountains by day and by night |
| On þysum geare wæs se mycla hungar geond Angelcynn | In this year there was the great hunger throughout the English people |
| Ða com Willelm eorl fram geondan sæ | Then Earl William came from across the sea |
| Þa gebundon hie hine | Then they bound him |
| Se yrðling lufað þone æcer | The farmer loves the field |
| Sio tunge sendeð þa sawle in hellegrund | The tongue sends the soul into the abyss of hell |
| waldend þone godan | the good ruler ["ruler the good"] |