Came that stalwart lord, his steed as he spurr’d, + 

Saw him bide at the bay, with the bowmen about him; + 

He leapt him down lightly and, leaving his courser, + 

Drew a bright brand; then bigly he strode + 

And hied fast through the ford where the fell beast waited; + 

Who, ware of the wight with the weapon in hand, + 

His hair bristled high, and so angerly snorted, + 

Many fear’d for that free lest the worse him befall. + 

Then set forth the swine and made swift at his foe, + 

That the man and the boar were both upon heaps + 

In the wildest of the water; but woe’s master boar! + 

For e’en as they meet, the man well marks him + 

And right in his slot the sharp blade he sets + 

And drives úp to the hilt; his heart is acloven, + 

With a snarl and a moan he moves o’er the water + 

anon. + 

A hundred hounds him caught, + 

They bit him every one, + 

Hunters to bent him brought + 

And dogs to kill set on. + 