Bēowulf se lēodweorc is fint man in þære Nowell Codex. Ðærin us tealleþ se scop þe Hrōðgār Dēna Cyning timbrode Heorot his healle for his mēdosetle. Æglæca is Grendel, and þes sceadugenga acymþ of þæm fennum þan he is astyred be æþlinga dryhtes dynne, and þna swefað hie æfter symble cwōm se unhǣlo wiht onmiddan him and slōg þā þegnas in Heorote. Ðar fareþ he on nihte and slegeþ Hrōðgāres gesīþas þan slæpedon hie on Heorote. (Heaðowylma bād láðan líges ne wæs hit lenge þā gēn þæt se ecghete.)