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The Meters of Boethius: Meter 15

Old English · Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records · 15 sections

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   ðeah hine nu se yfela unrihtwisa

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   Neron cynincg niwan gescerpte

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   wlitegum wædum wundorlice,

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   golde geglengde and gimcynnum,

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   þeah he wæs on worulde witena gehwelcum

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   on his lifdagum lað and unweorð,

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   fierenfull. Hwæt, se feond swa ðeah

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   his diorlingas duguðum stepte.

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   Ne mæg ic þeah gehycgan hwy him on hige þorfte

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    a ðy sæl wesan; þeah hi sume hwile

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    gecure butan cræftum cyninga dysegast,

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    næron hy ðy weorðran witena ænegum.

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    ðeah hine se dysega do to cyninge,

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    hu mæg þæt gesceadwis scealc gereccan

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    þæt he him ðy selra sie oððe þince?

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