Hwæt wē Gār-Dena in geār-dagum
þēod-cyninga þrym gefrūnon,
hū ðā æþelingas ellen fremedon.
This sounds more like German than like English. If you don’t know German, it doesn’t sound like anything at all.
http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/books/2014/06/02/140602crbo_books_acocella?currentPage=all