{"collection":"Northern European Mythology","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/neu/ascp/a06_25.htm","path":"neu/ascp/a06_25.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/neu/ascp/a06_25.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 25\n Verse Indeterminate Saxon\n \n - \n Geher nu an spell \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 be \u00f0\u00e6m ofermodum \n unrihtwisum \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 eor\u00f0an cyningum,\n \u00f0a her nu manegum \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 and mislicum\n w\u00e6dum wlitebeorhtum \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 wundrum scina\u00f0\n- 5\n- \n on heahsetlum, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 hrofe getenge, \n golde gegerede \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 and gimcynnum,\n utan ymbestandne \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 mid unrime\n \u00f0egna and eorla. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00fea bio\u00f0 gehyrste\n mid heregeatwum \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 hildetorhtum,\n- 10\n- \n sweordum and fetelum \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 swi\u00f0e geglengde, \n and \u00feegnia\u00f0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00f0rymme micle\n \u00e6lc o\u00f0rum, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 and hi ealle him\n \u00f0onan mid \u00f0y \u00f0rymme \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00fereatia\u00f0 gehwider\n ymbsittenda \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 o\u00f0ra \u00f0eoda;\n- 15\n- \n and se hlaford ne scrif\u00f0, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00f0e \u00f0\u00e6m here walde\u00f0, \n freonde ne feonde, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 feore ne \u00e6htum,\n ac he re\u00f0igmod \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 r\u00e6st on gehwilcne,\n wedehunde \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 wuhta gelicost;\n bi\u00f0 to up ah\u00e6fen \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 inne on mode\n- 20\n- \n for \u00f0\u00e6m anwalde \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00fee him anra gehwilc \n his tirwina \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 to fultema\u00f0.\n Gif mon \u00f0onne wolde \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 him awindan of\n \u00fe\u00e6s cynegerelan \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 cla\u00f0a gehwilcne,\n and him \u00feonne oftion \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00f0ara \u00f0egnunga\n- 25\n- \n and \u00fe\u00e6s anwaldes \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00f0e he \u00e6r h\u00e6fde, \n \u00f0onne meaht \u00f0u gesion \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00fe\u00e6t he bi\u00f0 swi\u00f0e gelic\n sumum \u00f0ara gumena \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00fee him geornost nu\n mid \u00f0egnungum \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00f0ringa\u00f0 ymbeutan;\n gif he wyrsa ne bi\u00f0, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ne wene ic his na beteran.\n- 30\n- \n Gif him \u00feonne \u00e6fre \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 unmendlinga \n weas geberede \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00fe\u00e6t him wurde oftogen\n \u00ferymmes and w\u00e6da \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 and \u00feegnunga\n and \u00f0\u00e6s anwaldes \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00fee we ymbe spreca\u00f0,\n gif him \u00e6nig \u00feara \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ofhende wyr\u00f0,\n- 35\n- \n ic wat \u00fe\u00e6t him \u00feynce\u00f0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00fe\u00e6t he \u00feonne sie \n becropen on carcern, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 o\u00f0\u00f0e co\u00f0lice\n racentan ger\u00e6ped. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ic gereccan m\u00e6g\n \u00fe\u00e6t of ungemete \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00e6lces \u00f0inges,\n wiste and w\u00e6da, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 wingedrinces,\n- 40\n- \n and of swetmettum, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 swi\u00f0ost weaxa\u00f0 \n \u00fe\u00e6re wr\u00e6nnesse \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 wod\u00f0rag micel;\n sio swi\u00f0e gedr\u00e6f\u00f0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 sefan ingehygd\n monna gehwelces, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00feonan m\u00e6st cyme\u00f0\n yfla ofermetta, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 unnetta saca.\n- 45\n- \n \u00feonne hi gebolgene weor\u00f0a\u00f0, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 him wyr\u00f0 on breostum inne \n beswungen sefa on hra\u00f0re \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 mid \u00f0\u00e6m swi\u00f0an welme\n hatheortnesse, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 and hre\u00f0e si\u00f0\u00f0an\n unrotnesse \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 eac ger\u00e6ped,\n hearde geh\u00e6fted. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Him si\u00f0\u00f0an ongin\u00f0\n- 50\n- \n sum tohopa \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 swi\u00f0e leogan \n \u00fe\u00e6s gewinnes wr\u00e6ce; \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 wilna\u00f0 \u00fe\u00e6t irre\n anes and o\u00f0res; \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 him \u00fe\u00e6t eall geh\u00e6t\n his recelest, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 rihtes ne scrife\u00f0.\n Ic \u00f0e s\u00e6de \u00e6r \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 on \u00f0isse selfan bec\n- 55\n- \n \u00fe\u00e6t sumes goodes \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 sidra gesceafta \n anlepra \u00e6lc \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 a wilnode\n for his agenum \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ealdgecynde.\n Unrihtwise \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 eor\u00f0an cyningas\n ne magon \u00e6fre \u00feurhtion \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 awuht goodes\n- 60\n- \n for \u00f0\u00e6m yfle \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00fee ic \u00f0e \u00e6r s\u00e6de. \n Nis \u00f0\u00e6t nan wundor, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 for\u00f0\u00e6m hi willa\u00f0 hi\n \u00fe\u00e6m un\u00f0eawum \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00fee ic \u00f0e \u00e6r nemde,\n anra gehwelcum, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 a under\u00f0eodan.\n Sceal \u00f0onne nede \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 nearwe gebugan\n- 65\n- \n to \u00f0ara hlaforda \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 h\u00e6ftedome, \n \u00fee he hine eallunga \u00e6r \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 under\u00feiodde.\n \u00f0\u00e6t is wyrse get, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00fe\u00e6t he winnan nyle\n wi\u00f0 \u00f0\u00e6m anwalde \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00e6nige stunde;\n \u00fe\u00e6r he wolde a \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 winnan onginnan,\n- 70\n- \n and \u00feonne on \u00f0\u00e6m gewinne \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00feurhwunian for\u00f0, \n \u00feonne n\u00e6fde he \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 nane scylde,\n \u00f0eah he oferwunnen \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 weor\u00f0an sceolde.","title":"The Meters of Boethius: Meter 25","type":"page"}