Flod blod gewod : Blood pervaded the water
Geweorðod ofer werþeoda : Honoured among the nations of men
Hwy þu la drihten æfre woldest þæt seo wyrd swa hwyrfan sceolde? : Why, o Lord, would you ever want for fate to turn thus?
Ne sece ic no her þa bec, ac þæt ðæt þa bec forstent : I do not here seek the books, but that which the books represent

Se cyning is god : The king is good
Ælfred wæs Westseaxna cyning : Alfred was the (a) king of the West Saxons
La ælmihtiga God and ealra cyninga cyning : Oh almighty God and king of all kings

Ic geseo minne cyning : I see my king
Þu hine ongeate unweorðne : You saw him to be unworthy

Æðelflæd wæs þæs cyninges dohtor : Æðelflæd was the king's daughter
Angle sind swa fægeres hiwes menn : The Angles (English) are people of such fair complexion
He wunode on dunum dæges and nihtes : He lived in the mountains by day and by night
Fiftyna sum sundwudu sohte : I sought out the ship as one of fifteen
Se wæs þara manna modgast ealra : He was the bravest of all those men

He geaf his dohtor Burgrede cyninge : He gave his daughter to King Burgred
Þa wearð God þam werode wrað : Then God became angry with that host
Him wæs þearf micel : He had great need
Dægtidum ic oft spæte sperebrogan : At daytime I often spit out the terror of spears
Hie wæron englum gelice : They were like angels
Þam gedonum andswarige eall chor : Having done those things, let the entire choir respond

Se palm þe drihten sylf sette his agenum handum : The palm-tree which the Lord himself planted with his own hands
Þa wæs gast ofer holm boren miclum spedum : Then the spirit was carried across the water at great speed
Þy geare wæs senoð æt Heorotforde : In that year, there was a synod at Hertford
Barrabas wæs þær þy siðe on bendum : At that time, Barrabas was in chains there
Man bið þy strengra þe he bið micel on his lichoman : One is the stronger as one is large in body
Ic ðe mæg sum bispell secgan, þæt þu meaht þy sweotolor ongitan : I can tell you an example, so that you may understand the more clearly