古ノルウェー語（英語版）
ᚬ Óss er flæstra færða
fǫr; en skalpr er sværða.

Estuary is the way of most journeys;
but a scabbard is of swords.

古アイスランド語（英語版）
ᚬ Óss er algingautr
ok ásgarðs jöfurr,
ok valhallar vísi.
Jupiter oddviti.

God is aged Gautr
and prince of Ásgarðr
and lord of Vallhalla.

古英語
ᚩ Ōs bẏþ ordfruma ælcre spræce
wisdomes wraþu and witena frofur,
and eorla gehwam eadnẏs and tohiht.

The mouth is the source of all language,
a pillar of wisdom and a comfort to wise men,
a blessing and a joy to every knight.