{"collection":"Northern European Mythology","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/neu/ascp/a06_24.htm","path":"neu/ascp/a06_24.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/neu/ascp/a06_24.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 24\n Verse Indeterminate Saxon\n \n - \n Ic h\u00e6bbe fi\u00f0ru \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 fugle swiftran, \n mid \u00f0\u00e6m ic fleogan m\u00e6g \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 feor fram eor\u00f0an\n ofer heane hrof \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 heofones \u00feisses,\n ac \u00f0\u00e6r ic nu moste \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 mod gefe\u00f0ran,\n- 5\n- \n \u00f0inne fer\u00f0locan, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 fe\u00f0rum minum, \n o\u00f0\u00f0\u00e6t \u00f0u meahte \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00feisne middangeard,\n \u00e6lc eor\u00f0lic \u00f0ing, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 eallunga forsion.\n Meahtes ofer rodorum \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 gereclice\n fe\u00f0erum lacan, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 feor up ofer\n- 10\n- \n wolcnu windan, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 wlitan si\u00f0\u00f0an \n ufan ofer ealle. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Meahtes eac faran\n ofer \u00f0\u00e6m fyre \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00f0e fela geara\n for lange betweox \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 lyfte and rodere,\n swa him \u00e6t frym\u00f0e \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 f\u00e6der getiode.\n- 15\n- \n \u00f0u meahtest \u00f0e si\u00f0\u00f0an \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 mid \u00f0\u00e6re sunnan \n faran betweox \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 o\u00f0rum tunglum.\n Meahtest \u00f0e full recen \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 on \u00f0\u00e6m rodere ufan\n si\u00f0\u00f0an weor\u00f0an, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 and \u00f0onne samtenges\n \u00e6t \u00f0\u00e6m \u00e6lcealdan \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 anum steorran,\n- 20\n- \n se yfmest is \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 eallra tungla, \n \u00f0one Saturnus \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 sundbuende\n hata\u00f0 under heofonum; \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 he is se cealda\n eallisig tungl, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 yfemest wandra\u00f0\n ofer eallum ufan \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 o\u00f0rum steorrum.\n- 25\n- \n Si\u00f0\u00f0an \u00f0u \u00f0onne \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00f0one up a hafast \n for\u00f0 oferfarenne, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00f0u meaht feorsian;\n \u00f0onne bist \u00f0u si\u00f0\u00f0an \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 sona ofer uppan\n rodere ryneswiftum. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Gif \u00f0u on riht f\u00e6rest,\n \u00f0e \u00f0one hehstan heofon \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 behindan l\u00e6tst,\n- 30\n- \n \u00f0onne meaht \u00f0u si\u00f0\u00f0an \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 so\u00f0es leohtes \n habban \u00feinne d\u00e6l, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00f0onan an cyning\n rume ricsa\u00f0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ofer roderum up\n and under swa same \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 eallra gesceafta,\n weorulde walde\u00f0. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00fe\u00e6t is wis cyning,\n- 35\n- \n \u00fe\u00e6t is se \u00f0e walde\u00f0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 giond wer\u00f0ioda \n ealra o\u00f0ra \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 eor\u00f0an cyninga,\n se mid his bridle \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ymbeb\u00e6ted h\u00e6f\u00f0\n ymbhwyrft ealne \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 eor\u00f0an and heofones.\n He his gewaldle\u00f0er \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 wel gemetga\u00f0,\n- 40\n- \n se stiore\u00f0 a \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00feurg \u00f0a strongan meaht \n \u00f0\u00e6m hr\u00e6dw\u00e6ne \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 heofones and eor\u00f0an.\n Se an dema \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 is gest\u00e6\u00f0\u00f0ig,\n unawendendlic, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 wlitig and m\u00e6re.\n Gif \u00f0u weor\u00f0est \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 on wege rihtum\n- 45\n- \n up to \u00f0\u00e6m earde, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00fe\u00e6t is \u00e6\u00f0ele stow, \n \u00f0eah \u00f0u hi nu geta \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 forgiten h\u00e6bbe,\n gif \u00f0u \u00e6fre eft \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00fe\u00e6r an cymest,\n \u00f0onne wilt \u00feu secgan \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 and sona cwe\u00f0an:\n \"\u00f0is is eallunga \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 min agen cy\u00f0,\n- 50\n- \n eard and e\u00f0el. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ic w\u00e6s \u00e6r hionan \n cumen and acenned \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00f0urh \u00f0isses cr\u00e6ftgan meaht.\n Nylle ic \u00e6fre \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 hionan ut witan,\n ac ic symle her \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 softe wille\n mid f\u00e6der willan \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 f\u00e6ste stondan.\"\n- 55\n- \n Gif \u00f0e \u00f0onne \u00e6fre \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 eft geweor\u00f0e\u00f0 \n \u00fe\u00e6t \u00f0u wilt o\u00f0\u00f0e most \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 weorolde \u00f0iostro\n eft fandian, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00f0u meaht ea\u00f0e gesion\n unrihtwise \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 eor\u00f0an cyningas\n and \u00fea ofermodan \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 o\u00f0re rican\n- 60\n- \n \u00f0e \u00feis werige folc \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 wyrst tucia\u00f0, \n \u00fe\u00e6t hi symle bio\u00f0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 swi\u00f0e earme,\n unmehtige \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00e6lces \u00f0inges,\n emne \u00f0a ilcan \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00fee \u00feis earme folc\n sume hwile nu \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 swi\u00f0ost ondr\u00e6d\u00e6\u00f0.","title":"The Meters of Boethius: Meter 24","type":"page"}