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The Meters of Boethius: Meter 12

Old English · Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records · 32 sections

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   Se þe wille wyrcan wæstmbære lond,

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   atio of ðæm æcere ærest sona

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   fearn and þornas and fyrsas swa same,

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   wiod þa þe willað welhwær derian

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   clænum hwæte, þy læs he ciða leas

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   licge on ðæm lande. Is leoda gehwæm

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   ðios oðru bysen efnbehefu,

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   þæt is, þætte ðynceð þegna gehwelcum

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   huniges bibread healfe þy swetre,

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    gif he hwene ær huniges teare

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    bitres onbyrgeð. Bið eac swa same

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    monna æghwilc micle þy fægenra

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    liðes weðres, gif hine lytle ær

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    stormas gestondað and se stearca wind

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    norðan and eastan. Nænegum þuhte

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    dæg on þonce, gif sio dimme niht

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    ær ofer eldum egesan ne brohte.

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    Swa þincð anra gehwæm eorðbuendra

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    sio soðe gesælð symle ðe betere

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    and þy wynsumre, þe he wita ma,

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    heardra henða, her adreogeð.

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    þu meaht eac mycle þy eð on modsefan

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    soða gesælða sweotolor gecnawan,

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    and to heora cyððe becuman siððan,

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    gif þu up atyhsð ærest sona

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    and ðu awyrtwalast of gewitlocan

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    leasa gesælða, swa swa londes ceorl

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    of his æcere lycð yfel weod monig.

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    Siððan ic ðe secge þæt þu sweotole meaht

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    soða gesælða sona oncnawan,

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    and þu æfre ne recst æniges ðinges

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    ofer þa ane, gif þu hi ealles ongitst.

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