{"collection":"Northern European Mythology","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/neu/ascp/a06_26.htm","path":"neu/ascp/a06_26.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/neu/ascp/a06_26.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 26\n Verse Indeterminate Saxon\n \n - \n Ic \u00fee m\u00e6g ea\u00f0e \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ealdum and leasum \n spellum andreccan \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 spr\u00e6ce gelice\n efne \u00f0isse ilcan \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00fee wit ymb spreca\u00f0.\n Hit ges\u00e6lde gio \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 on sume tide\n- 5\n- \n \u00f0\u00e6t Aulixes \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 under h\u00e6fde \n \u00f0\u00e6m casere \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 cynericu twa.\n He w\u00e6s \u00feracia \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00f0ioda aldor\n and Retie \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 rices hirde.\n W\u00e6s his freadrihtnes \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 folccu\u00f0 nama,\n- 10\n- \n Agamemnon, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 se ealles weold \n Creca rices. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cu\u00f0 w\u00e6s wide\n \u00fe\u00e6t on \u00fea tide \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Troia gewin\n wear\u00f0 under wolcnum. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 For wiges heard\n Creca drihten \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 campsted secan,\n- 15\n- \n Aulixes mid, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 an hund scipa \n l\u00e6dde ofer lagustream, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 s\u00e6t longe \u00f0\u00e6r\n tyn winter full. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00fea sio tid gelomp\n \u00fe\u00e6t hi \u00f0\u00e6t rice \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ger\u00e6ht h\u00e6fdon,\n diore gecepte \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 drihten Creca\n- 20\n- \n Troia burg \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 tilum gesi\u00f0um. \n \u00f0a \u00f0a Aulixes \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 leafe h\u00e6fde,\n \u00f0racia cining, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00fe\u00e6t he \u00feonan moste,\n he let him behindan \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 hyrnde ciolas\n nigon and hundnigontig, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 n\u00e6nigne \u00feonan\n- 25\n- \n merehengesta \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ma \u00feonne \u00e6nne \n ferede on fifelstream, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 famigbordon,\n \u00f0riere\u00f0re ceol; \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00fe\u00e6t bi\u00f0 \u00f0\u00e6t m\u00e6ste\n Creciscra scipa. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00fea wear\u00f0 ceald weder,\n stearc storma gelac; \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 stunede sio brune\n- 30\n- \n y\u00f0 wi\u00f0 o\u00f0re, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ut feor adraf \n on Wendels\u00e6 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 wigendra scola\n up on \u00fe\u00e6t igland \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00fe\u00e6r Apolines\n dohtor wunode \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 d\u00e6grimes worn.\n W\u00e6s se Apollinus \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00e6\u00f0eles cynnes,\n- 35\n- \n Iobes eafora, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 se w\u00e6s gio cyning. \n Se licette \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 litlum and miclum\n gumena gehwylcum \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00fe\u00e6t he good w\u00e6re,\n hehst and halgost; \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 swa se hlaford \u00fea\n \u00fe\u00e6t dysige folc \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 on gedwolan l\u00e6dde,\n- 40\n- \n o\u00f0\u00f0\u00e6t him gelyfde \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 leoda unrim, \n for\u00f0\u00e6m he w\u00e6s mid rihte \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 rices hirde,\n hiora cynecynnes. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cu\u00f0 is wide\n \u00fe\u00e6t on \u00f0a tide \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00feeoda \u00e6ghwilc\n h\u00e6fdon heora hlaford \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 for \u00f0one hehstan god,\n- 45\n- \n and weor\u00f0odon \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 swa swa wuldres cining, \n gif he to \u00f0\u00e6m rice w\u00e6s \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 on rihte boren.\n W\u00e6s \u00fe\u00e6s Iobes f\u00e6der \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 god eac swa he;\n Saturnus \u00f0one \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 sundbuende\n heton, h\u00e6le\u00f0a bearn. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 H\u00e6fdon \u00f0a m\u00e6g\u00f0a\n- 50\n- \n \u00e6lcne \u00e6fter o\u00f0rum \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 for ecne god. \n Sceolde eac wesan \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Apollines\n dohtor diorboren, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 dysiges folces,\n gumrinca gyden; \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 cu\u00f0e galdra fela,\n drifan drycr\u00e6ftas. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Hio gedwolan fylgde\n- 55\n- \n manna swi\u00f0ost \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 manegra \u00feioda, \n cyninges dohtor; \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 sio Circe w\u00e6s\n haten for herigum. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Hio ricsode\n on \u00f0\u00e6m iglonde \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00fee Aulixes,\n cining \u00feracia, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 com ane to\n- 60\n- \n ceole li\u00f0an. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cu\u00f0 w\u00e6s sona \n eallre \u00fe\u00e6re m\u00e6nige \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00fee hire mid wunode\n \u00e6\u00feelinges si\u00f0. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Hio mid ungemete\n lissum lufode \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 li\u00f0monna frean,\n and he eac swa same \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ealle m\u00e6gne\n- 65\n- \n efne swa swi\u00f0e \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 hi on sefan lufode, \n \u00fe\u00e6t he to his earde \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00e6nige nyste\n modes mynlan \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ofer m\u00e6g\u00f0 giunge;\n ac he mid \u00fe\u00e6m wife \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 wunode si\u00f0\u00f0an,\n o\u00f0\u00f0\u00e6t him ne meahte \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 monna \u00e6nig\n- 70\n- \n \u00f0egna sinra \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00fe\u00e6r mid wesan, \n ac hi for \u00f0\u00e6m yrm\u00f0um \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 eardes lyste;\n mynton forl\u00e6tan \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 leofne hlaford.\n \u00f0a ongunnon wercan \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 wer\u00f0eoda spell,\n s\u00e6don \u00fe\u00e6t hio sceolde \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 mid hire scinlace\n- 75\n- \n beornas forbredan, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 and mid balocr\u00e6ftum \n wra\u00f0um weorpan \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 on wildra lic\n cyninges \u00feegnas, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 cyspan si\u00f0\u00f0an\n and mid racentan eac \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 r\u00e6pan m\u00e6nigne.\n Sume hi to wulfum wurdon, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ne meahton \u00feonne word for\u00f0bringan,\n- 80\n- \n ac hio \u00feragm\u00e6lum \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00f0ioton ongunnon. \n Sume w\u00e6ron eaforas, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 a grymetedon\n \u00f0onne hi sares hw\u00e6t \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 siofian scioldon.\n \u00fea \u00f0e leon w\u00e6ron \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ongunnon la\u00f0lice\n yrrenga ryn \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 a \u00f0onne hi sceoldon\n- 85\n- \n clipian for cor\u00f0re. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cnihtas wurdon, \n ealde ge giunge, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ealle forhwerfde\n to sumum diore, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 swelcum he \u00e6ror\n on his lifdagum \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 gelicost w\u00e6s,\n butan \u00feam cyninge, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00fee sio cwen lufode.\n- 90\n- \n Nolde \u00feara o\u00fera \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00e6nig onbitan \n mennisces metes, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ac hi ma lufedon\n diora drohta\u00f0, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 swa hit gedefe ne w\u00e6s.\n N\u00e6fdon hi mare \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 monnum gelices\n eor\u00f0buendum \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00f0onne inge\u00feonc;\n- 95\n- \n h\u00e6fde anra gehwylc \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 his agen mod, \n \u00fe\u00e6t w\u00e6s \u00feeah swi\u00f0e \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 sorgum gebunden\n for \u00f0\u00e6m earfo\u00f0um \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00fee him on s\u00e6ton.\n Hw\u00e6t, \u00f0a dysegan men \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00fee \u00f0ysum drycr\u00e6ftum\n longe gelyfdon, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 leasum spellum,\n- 100\n- \n wisson hw\u00e6\u00f0re \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00fe\u00e6t \u00fe\u00e6t gewit ne m\u00e6g \n mod onwendan \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 monna \u00e6nig\n mid drycr\u00e6ftum, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00feeah hio gedon meahte\n \u00fe\u00e6t \u00f0a lichoman \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 lange \u00ferage\n onwend wurdon. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Is \u00fe\u00e6t wundorlic\n- 105\n- \n m\u00e6gencr\u00e6ft micel \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 moda gehwilces \n ofer lichoman \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 l\u00e6nne and s\u00e6nne.\n Swylcum and swylcum \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00feu meaht sweotole ongitan\n \u00fe\u00e6t \u00f0\u00e6s lichoman \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 listas and cr\u00e6ftas\n of \u00f0\u00e6m mode cuma\u00f0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 monna gehwylcum,\n- 110\n- \n anlepra \u00e6lc. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00feu meaht ea\u00f0e ongitan \n \u00fe\u00e6tte ma dere\u00f0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 monna gehwelcum\n modes un\u00f0eaw \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00feonne mettrymnes\n l\u00e6nes lichoman. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ne \u00feearf leoda nan\n wenan \u00fe\u00e6re wyrde \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00fe\u00e6t \u00fe\u00e6t werige fl\u00e6sc\n- 115\n- \n \u00fe\u00e6t mod m\u00e6ge \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 monna \u00e6niges \n eallunga to him \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00e6fre onwendan,\n ac \u00fea un\u00f0eawas \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00e6lces modes\n and \u00fe\u00e6t inge\u00feonc \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00e6lces monnes\n \u00feone lichoman \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 lit \u00feider hit wile.","title":"The Meters of Boethius: Meter 26","type":"page"}