{"collection":"Northern European Mythology","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/neu/ascp/a06_22.htm","path":"neu/ascp/a06_22.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/neu/ascp/a06_22.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 22\n Verse Indeterminate Saxon\n \n - \n Se \u00fee \u00e6fter rihte \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 mid gerece wille \n inweardlice \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00e6fter spyrian\n swa deoplice, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00fe\u00e6t hit todrifan ne m\u00e6g\n monna \u00e6nig, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ne amerran huru\n- 5\n- \n \u00e6nig eor\u00f0lic \u00f0incg, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 he \u00e6rest sceal \n secan on him selfum \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00fe\u00e6t he sume hwile\n ymbutan hine \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00e6ror sohte.\n Sece \u00fe\u00e6t si\u00f0\u00f0an \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 on his sefan innan,\n and forl\u00e6te an, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 swa he oftost m\u00e6ge,\n- 10\n- \n \u00e6lcne ymbhogan \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00f0y him unnet sie, \n and gesamnige, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 swa he swi\u00f0ost m\u00e6ge,\n ealle to \u00fe\u00e6m anum \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 his inge\u00f0onc,\n gesecge his mode \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00fe\u00e6t hit m\u00e6g findan\n eall on him innan \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00fe\u00e6t hit oftost nu\n- 15\n- \n ymbutan hit \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ealneg sece\u00f0, \n gooda \u00e6ghwylc. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 He ongit si\u00f0\u00f0an\n yfel and unnet \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 eal \u00fe\u00e6t he h\u00e6fde\n on his incofan \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00e6ror lange\n efne swa sweotole \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 swa he on \u00fea sunnan m\u00e6g\n- 20\n- \n eagum andweardum \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 on locian, \n and he eac ongit \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 his inge\u00feonc\n leohtre and berhtre \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00feonne se leoma sie\n sunnan on sumera, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00feonne swegles gim,\n hador heofontungol, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 hlutrost scine\u00f0.\n- 25\n- \n For\u00f0\u00e6m \u00fe\u00e6s lichoman \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 leahtras and hefignes \n and \u00fea un\u00feeawas \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 eallunga ne magon\n of mode ation \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 monna \u00e6negum\n rihtwisnesse, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00f0eah nu rinca hw\u00e6m\n \u00fe\u00e6s lichoman \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 leahtras and hefignes\n- 30\n- \n and un\u00feeawas \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 oft bysigen \n monna modsefan, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 m\u00e6st and swi\u00f0ost\n mid \u00fe\u00e6re yflan \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 oforgiotolnesse;\n mid gedwolmiste \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 dreorigne sefan\n fortih\u00f0 mod foran \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 monna gehwelces,\n- 35\n- \n \u00fe\u00e6t hit swa beorhte ne mot \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 blican and scinan \n swa hit wolde, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 gif hit geweald ahte;\n \u00feeah bi\u00f0 sum corn \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 s\u00e6des gehealden\n symle on \u00f0\u00e6re saule \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 so\u00f0f\u00e6stnesse,\n \u00feenden gadertang wuna\u00f0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 gast on lice.\n- 40\n- \n \u00f0\u00e6s s\u00e6des corn \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 bi\u00f0 symle aweaht \n mid ascunga, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 eac si\u00f0\u00f0an mid\n goodre lare, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 gif hit growan sceal.\n Hu m\u00e6g \u00e6nig man \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 andsware findan\n \u00f0inga \u00e6niges, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00feegen mid gesceade,\n- 45\n- \n \u00feeah hine rinca hwilc \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 rihtwislice \n \u00e6fter frigne \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 gif he awuht nafa\u00f0\n on his modsefan \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 mycles ne lytles\n rihtwisnesse \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ne geradscipes?\n Nis \u00feeah \u00e6nig man \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00fe\u00e6tte ealles swa\n- 50\n- \n \u00fe\u00e6s geradscipes \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 swa bereafod sie \n \u00fe\u00e6t he andsware \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00e6nige ne cunne\n findan on ferh\u00f0e, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 gif he frugnen bi\u00f0.\n For\u00f0\u00e6m hit is riht spell \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00fe\u00e6t us reahte gio\n ald u\u00f0wita, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ure Platon;\n- 55\n- \n he cw\u00e6\u00f0 \u00fe\u00e6tte \u00e6ghwilc \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ungemyndig \n rihtwisnesse \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 hine hr\u00e6\u00f0e sceolde\n eft gewendan \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 into sinum\n modes gemynde; \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 he m\u00e6g si\u00f0\u00f0an\n on his runcofan \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 rihtwisnesse\n- 60\n- \n findan on ferhte \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 f\u00e6ste gehydde \n mid gedr\u00e6fnesse \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 dogora gehwilce\n modes sines \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 m\u00e6st and swi\u00f0ost,\n and mid hefinesse \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 his lichoman,\n and mid \u00fe\u00e6m bisgum \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00fee on breostum styre\u00f0\n- 65\n- \n mon on mode \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 m\u00e6la gehwylce.","title":"The Meters of Boethius: Meter 22","type":"page"}