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The Meters of Boethius: Meter 14

Old English · Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records · 11 sections

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   Hwæt bið ðæm welegan woruldgitsere

2. 1

   on his mode ðe bet, þeah he micel age

3. 2

   goldes and gimma and gooda gehwæs,

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   æhta unrim, and him mon erigen scyle

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   æghwelce dæg æcera ðusend,

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   ðeah ðes middangeard and þis manna cyn

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   sy under sunnan suð, west and east

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   his anwalde eall underðieded?

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   Ne mot he þara hyrsta hionane lædan

10. 9

    of ðisse worulde wuhte þon mare,

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    hordgestreona, ðonne he hiðer brohte.

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