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The Meters of Boethius: Meter 30

Old English · Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records · 18 sections

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   Omerus wæs east mid Crecum

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   on ðæm leodscipe leoða cræftgast,

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   Firgilies freond and lareow,

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   þæm mæran sceope magistra betst.

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   Hwæt, se Omerus oft and gelome

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   þære sunnan wlite swiðe herede,

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   æðelo cræftas oft and gelome

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   leoðum and spellum leodum reahte.

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   Ne mæg hio þeah gescinan, þeah hio sie scir and beorht,

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    ahwærgen neah ealla gesceafta;

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    ne furðum þa gesceafta ðe hio gescinan mæg

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    endemes ne mæg ealla geondlihtan

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    innan and utan. Ac se ælmihtega

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    waldend and wyrhta weorulde gesceafta

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    his agen weorc eall geondwliteð,

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    endemes þurhsyhð ealla gesceafta.

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    ðæt is sio soðe sunne mid rihte,

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    be ðæm we magon singan swylc butan lease.

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