The Battle of Maldon (opening lines in Old English)
...brocen wurde.
Hēt þā hyssa hwæne hors forlǣtan,
feor āfȳsan and forð gangan,
hicgan tō handum and tō hiġe gōdum.
Þā þæt Offan mǣġ ǣrest onfunde
þæt se eorl nolde yrhðo ġeþolian,
hē lēt him þā of handon lēofne flēogan
hafoc wið þæs holtes and tō þǣre hilde stōp.
Be þām man mihte oncnāwan þæt se cniht nolde
wācian æt þām wīġe þā hē tō wǣpnum fēng.
Ēac him wolde Ēadriċ his ealdre gelǣstan
frēan tō ġefeohte; ongan þā forð beran
gār tō gūþe.