Nu sculon[1] herıgean heofon|rıces ƿeard
meotodes meahte[2] ond hıs ⟨mod⟩geþanc[3]
ƿeorc| ƿuldorfæder sƿa he ƿundra gehƿæs
ece[4] ⟨d⟩rih⟨t⟩en[5] or on|stealde·
5 he ærest sceop eorðan bearnum
heofon to hrofe| halıg scyppend·
[1]sculon... ælmıhtıg·] Large stain obscures some text down outside (right) margin of p. 195.
[2]meahte] <a> ill-formed or damaged.
[3]⟨mod⟩geþanc] <mod> appears to have bled slightly.
[4]ece] With <c> corrected from some other letter (perhaps a partially completed <e>?).
[5]⟨d⟩rih⟨t⟩en] With <d> perhaps corrected from some other letter (<a>?).
[6]ece|] Dobbie 1937 reads éce; the “accent” looks like a stain in facsimile.
[7]fırum] With <r> perhaps corrected from some other letter (<n>?).