Hrōcas sind synderlice fram ōðrum crāwum fram heora nacodum grǣghwītum scinne æt þǣm staðole þæs nebbes þæs ieldran, ætfōran þǣm ēagum. Þā feðera ymb þǣm sceancum his sind ēac raggigran and frēoran þonne sēo ǣscrāwe, þe is on ilcan cnōsle. Sēo geogoþ his is ūtancunde gelīcre þǣre crāwan for þǣm þe hit is lēas þǣm nacodan dǣle scinnes be þǣm nebbe, ac hit alīeseþ þā feðera þǣrymb swifte nēan seoxum mōnaðum æfter his geogoðe.