古ノルウェー語（英語版）
ᚴ Kaun er barna bǫlvan;
bǫl gørver nán fǫlvan.

Ulcer is fatal to children;
death makes a corpse pale.

古アイスランド語（英語版）
ᚴ Kaun er barna böl
ok bardaga [för]
ok holdfúa hús.
flagella konungr.

Disease fatal to children
and painful spot
and abode of mortification.

古英語
ᚳ Cen bẏþ cƿicera gehƿam, cuþ on fẏre
blac ond beorhtlic, bẏrneþ oftust
ðær hi æþelingas inne restaþ.

The torch is known to every living man
by its pale, bright flame; it always burns
where princes sit within.