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| Se ærendraca ða hine gemette deadne | The messenger then found him dead |
| Fiftyna sum sundwudu sohte | I sought out the ship as one of fifteen |
| Dæges and nihtes he wurðode hine mid lofsangum | By day and by night he glorified him with songs of praise |
| Se sealmwyrhta Dauid sang be Criste | David the psalmist wrote about Christ |
| Ælfred kyning hateð gretan Wærferð biscep his wordum luflice ond freondlice; ond ðe cyðan hate ðæt me com swiðe oft on gemynd, hwelce wiotan iu wæron giond Angelcynn, ægðer ge godcundra hada ge woruldcundra | King Alfred orders Bishop Wærferð to be greeted with his words in an affectionate and friendly manner; and I order to be announced to you that it has very often come to my mind what wise men there once were throughout England, both of divine and worldly occupations |
| waldend þone godan | the good ruler ["ruler the good"] |
| He forspilde hie þurh forligre | He ruined her (them) through fornication |
| Ða com oðer dæg, leoht æfter þeostrum | Then came the second day, light after dark |
| Nu ic geare geseo minne soþan cyning; ic stande on his gesihðe to him me gebiddende | Now I readily see my true king; I am standing in his sight praying to him |
| Þa andswaredon þa Iudeas | Then the Jews answered |
| He geseah man westweardes on þæt westen efstan | He saw a person hastening westwards into the desert |
| Dryhtnes cempa feonda þreatum wiðstod stronglice | The Lord's warrior firmly withstood the throngs of enemies |