{"collection":"Northern European Mythology","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/neu/ascp/a06_08.htm","path":"neu/ascp/a06_08.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/neu/ascp/a06_08.htm","text":"Sacred Texts\u00a0\n Legends and Sagas\u00a0\n WordGumbo: Old English Dictionaries [External Site]\n Index\u00a0\n Previous\u00a0\n Next\u00a0\n \n \n The Meters of Boethius: Meter 8\n Verse Indeterminate Saxon\n \n - \n Sona swa se wisdom \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00feas word h\u00e6fde \n swetole areahte, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 he \u00fea si\u00f0\u00f0an ongan\n singan so\u00f0cwidas, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 and \u00feus selfa cw\u00e6\u00f0:\n Hw\u00e6t, sio forme eld \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 foldbuendum\n- 5\n- \n geond eor\u00f0an sceat \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00e6ghwam dohte, \n \u00fea \u00fea anra gehw\u00e6m \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 on eor\u00f0w\u00e6stmum\n genoh \u00f0uhte. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Nis hit nu \u00f0a swelc!\n N\u00e6ron \u00fea geond weorulde \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 welige hamas,\n ne mislice \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 mettas ne drincas,\n- 10\n- \n ne hi \u00feara hr\u00e6gla \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 huru ne gemdon \n \u00fee nu drihtguman \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 diorost l\u00e6ta\u00f0.\n For\u00f0\u00e6m hiora n\u00e6nig \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 n\u00e6s \u00fea gieta,\n ne hi ne gesawon \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 sundbuende,\n ne ymbutan hi \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 awer ne herdon.\n- 15\n- \n Hw\u00e6t, hi firenlusta \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 frece ne w\u00e6ron, \n buton swa hi meahton \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 gemetlicost\n \u00f0a gecynd began \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00fee him Crist gesceop,\n and hi \u00e6ne on d\u00e6ge \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00e6ton symle\n on \u00e6fentid \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 eor\u00f0an w\u00e6stmas,\n- 20\n- \n wudes and wyrta, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 nalles win druncon \n scir of steape. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 N\u00e6s \u00fea scealca nan\n \u00fee mete o\u00f0\u00f0e drinc \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 m\u00e6ngan cu\u00f0e,\n w\u00e6ter wi\u00f0 hunige, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ne heora w\u00e6da \u00feon ma\n sioloce siowian, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ne hi siarocr\u00e6ftum\n- 25\n- \n godweb giredon, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ne hi gimreced \n setton searolice, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ac hi simle him\n eallum tidum \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ute slepon\n under beamsceade, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 druncon burnan w\u00e6ter,\n calde wyllan. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 N\u00e6nig cepa ne seah\n- 30\n- \n ofer eargeblond \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ellendne wearod, \n ne huru ymbe sciphergas \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 scealcas ne herdon,\n ne fur\u00f0um fira nan \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ymb gefeoht sprecan.\n N\u00e6s \u00f0eos eor\u00f0e besmiten \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 awer \u00fea geta\n beornes blode \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00fee hine bill rude,\n- 35\n- \n ne fur\u00f0um wundne wer \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 weoruldbuende \n gesawan under sunnan. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 N\u00e6nig si\u00f0\u00f0an w\u00e6s\n weor\u00f0 on weorulde, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 gif mon his willan ongeat\n yfelne mid eldum; \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 he w\u00e6s \u00e6ghw\u00e6m la\u00f0.\n Eala, \u00fe\u00e6r hit wurde \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 o\u00f0\u00f0e wolde god\n- 40\n- \n \u00fe\u00e6t on eor\u00f0an nu \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ussa tida \n geond \u00feas widan weoruld \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 w\u00e6ren \u00e6ghw\u00e6s\n swelce under sunnan. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ac hit is s\u00e6mre nu,\n \u00fe\u00e6t \u00f0eos gitsunc hafa\u00f0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 gumena gehwelces\n mod amerred, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00fe\u00e6t he maran ne rec\u00f0,\n- 45\n- \n ac hit on witte \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 weallende byrn\u00f0. \n Efne sio gitsung \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00fee n\u00e6nne grund hafa\u00f0\n swearte sw\u00e6fe\u00f0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 sumes onlice\n efne \u00feam munte \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00fee nu monna bearn\n Etne hata\u00f0. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Se on iglonde\n- 50\n- \n Sicilia \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 swefle byrne\u00f0, \n \u00fe\u00e6t mon helle fyr \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 hate\u00f0 wide,\n for\u00fe\u00e6m hit symle bi\u00f0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 sinbyrnende,\n and ymbutan hit \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 o\u00f0ra stowa\n blate forb\u00e6rn\u00f0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 biteran lege.\n- 55\n- \n Eala, hw\u00e6t se forma \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 feohgitsere \n w\u00e6re on worulde, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 se \u00feas wongstedas\n grof \u00e6fter golde \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 and \u00e6fter gimcynnum.\n Hw\u00e6t, he frecnu gestreon \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 funde m\u00e6negum\n bewrigen on weorulde, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 w\u00e6tere o\u00f0\u00f0e eor\u00f0an.","title":"The Meters of Boethius: Meter 8","type":"page"}