{"collection":"Northern European Mythology","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/neu/ascp/a06_10.htm","path":"neu/ascp/a06_10.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/neu/ascp/a06_10.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 10\n Verse Indeterminate Saxon\n \n - \n Gif nu h\u00e6le\u00f0a hwone \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 hlisan lyste, \n unnytne gelp \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 agan wille,\n \u00feonne ic hine wolde \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 wordum biddan\n \u00fe\u00e6t he hine \u00e6ghwonon utan \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ymbe\u00feohte,\n- 5\n- \n sweotole ymbsawe, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 su\u00f0, east and west, \n hu widgil sint \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 wolcnum ymbutan\n heofones hwealfe. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Higesnotrum m\u00e6g\n ea\u00f0e \u00f0incan \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00fe\u00e6t \u00feeos eor\u00f0e sie\n eall for \u00f0\u00e6t o\u00f0er \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 unigmet lytel;\n- 10\n- \n \u00feeah hio unwisum \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 widgel \u00feince, \n on stede stronglic \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 steorleasum men,\n \u00feeah m\u00e6g \u00feone wisan \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 on gewitlocan\n \u00fe\u00e6re gitsunge \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 gelpes scamian,\n \u00f0onne hine \u00fe\u00e6s hlisan \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 heardost lyste\u00f0,\n- 15\n- \n and he \u00feeah ne m\u00e6g \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00feone tobredan \n ofer \u00f0as nearowan \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 n\u00e6nige \u00f0inga\n eor\u00f0an sceatas; \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 is \u00f0\u00e6t unnet gelp!\n Eala, ofermodan, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 hwi eow a lyste\n mid eowrum swiran \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 selfra willum\n- 20\n- \n \u00fe\u00e6t sw\u00e6re gioc \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 symle underlutan? \n Hwy ge ymb \u00f0\u00e6t unnet \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ealnig swincen,\n \u00fe\u00e6t ge \u00feone hlisan \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 habban tilia\u00f0\n ofer \u00f0ioda ma \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00feonne eow \u00feearf sie?\n \u00feeah eow nu ges\u00e6le \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00fe\u00e6t eow su\u00f0 o\u00f0\u00f0e nor\u00f0\n- 25\n- \n \u00fea ytmestan \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 eor\u00f0buende \n on monig \u00f0iodisc \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 miclum herien,\n \u00f0eah hwa \u00e6\u00f0ele sie \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 eorlgebyrdum,\n welum geweor\u00f0ad, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 and on wlencum \u00f0io,\n dugu\u00f0um diore, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 dea\u00f0 \u00fe\u00e6s ne scrife\u00f0,\n- 30\n- \n \u00feonne him rum forl\u00e6t \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 rodora waldend, \n ac he \u00feone welegan \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 w\u00e6dlum gelice\n efnm\u00e6rne gede\u00f0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00e6lces \u00feinges.\n Hw\u00e6r sint nu \u00fe\u00e6s wisan \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Welandes ban,\n \u00fe\u00e6s goldsmi\u00f0es, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00fee w\u00e6s geo m\u00e6rost?\n- 35\n- \n For\u00fey ic cw\u00e6\u00f0 \u00fe\u00e6s wisan \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Welandes ban, \n for\u00f0y \u00e6ngum ne m\u00e6g \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 eor\u00f0buendra\n se cr\u00e6ft losian \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00fee him Crist onl\u00e6n\u00f0.\n Ne m\u00e6g mon \u00e6fre \u00fey e\u00f0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00e6nne wr\u00e6ccan\n his cr\u00e6ftes beniman, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00fee mon oncerran m\u00e6g\n- 40\n- \n sunnan onswifan, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 and \u00f0isne swiftan rodor \n of his rihtryne \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 rinca \u00e6nig.\n Hwa wat nu \u00fe\u00e6s wisan \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Welandes ban,\n on hwelcum hi hl\u00e6wa \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 hrusan \u00feeccen?\n Hw\u00e6r is nu se rica \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Romana wita,\n- 45\n- \n and se aroda, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00fee we ymb spreca\u00f0, \n hiora heretoga, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 se gehaten w\u00e6s\n mid \u00fe\u00e6m burgwarum \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Brutus nemned?\n Hw\u00e6r is eac se wisa \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 and se weor\u00f0georna\n and se f\u00e6str\u00e6da \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 folces hyrde,\n- 50\n- \n se w\u00e6s u\u00f0wita \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00e6lces \u00f0inges, \n cene and cr\u00e6ftig, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00f0\u00e6m w\u00e6s Caton nama?\n Hi w\u00e6ron gefyrn \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 for\u00f0gewitene;\n nat n\u00e6nig mon \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 hw\u00e6r hi nu sindon.\n Hw\u00e6t is hiora here \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 buton se hlisa an?\n- 55\n- \n Se is eac to lytel \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 swelcra lariowa, \n for\u00f0\u00e6m \u00fea magorincas \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 maran wyr\u00f0e\n w\u00e6ron on worulde. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ac hit is wyrse nu,\n \u00fe\u00e6t geond \u00feas eor\u00f0an \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00e6ghw\u00e6r sindon\n hiora gelican \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 hwon ymbspr\u00e6ce,\n- 60\n- \n sume openlice \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ealle forgitene, \n \u00fe\u00e6t hi se hlisa \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 hiwcu\u00f0e ne m\u00e6g\n forem\u00e6re weras \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 for\u00f0 gebrengan.\n \u00feeah ge nu wenen \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 and wilnigen\n \u00fe\u00e6t ge lange tid \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 libban moten,\n- 65\n- \n hw\u00e6t iow \u00e6fre \u00fey bet \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 bio o\u00f0\u00f0e \u00feince? \n For\u00f0\u00e6m \u00fee nane forlet, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00feeah hit lang \u00f0ince,\n dea\u00f0 \u00e6fter dogorrime, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00feonne he h\u00e6f\u00f0 drihtnes leafe.\n Hw\u00e6t \u00feonne h\u00e6bbe \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 h\u00e6le\u00fea \u00e6nig,\n guma \u00e6t \u00fe\u00e6m gilpe, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 gif hine gegripan mot\n- 70\n- \n se eca dea\u00f0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00e6fter \u00feissum worulde?","title":"The Meters of Boethius: Meter 10","type":"page"}