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The Meters of Boethius: Meter 18

Old English · Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records · 11 sections

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   Eala ðæt se yfla unrihta gedeð

2. 1

   wraða willa wohhæmetes,

3. 2

   þæt he mid ealle gedræfð anra gehwylces

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   monna cynnes mod fulneah ðon.

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   Hwæt, sio wilde beo, þeah wis sie,

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   anunga sceal eall forweorðan

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   gif hio yrringa awuht stingeð.

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   Swa sceal sawla gehwilc siððan losian,

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   gif se lichoma forlegen weorðeð

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    unrihthæmede, bute him ær cume

11. 10

    hreow to heortan, ær he hionan wende.

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