{"collection":"Northern European Mythology","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/neu/ascp/a06_28.htm","path":"neu/ascp/a06_28.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/neu/ascp/a06_28.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 28\n Verse Indeterminate Saxon\n \n - \n Hwa is on eor\u00f0an \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 nu unl\u00e6rdra \n \u00fee ne wundrige \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 wolcna f\u00e6reldes,\n rodres swifto, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ryne tunglo,\n hu hy \u00e6lce d\u00e6ge \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 utan ymbhwerfe\u00f0\n- 5\n- \n eallne middangeard? \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Hwa is moncynnes \n \u00fe\u00e6t ne wundrie \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ymb \u00feas wlitegan tungl,\n hu hy sume habba\u00f0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 swi\u00f0e micle\n scyrtran ymbehwerft, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 sume scri\u00f0a\u00f0 leng\n utan ymb eall \u00f0is? \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 An \u00feara tungla\n- 10\n- \n woruldmen hata\u00f0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 w\u00e6nes \u00feisla; \n \u00fea habba\u00f0 scyrtran \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 scri\u00f0e and f\u00e6relt,\n ymbhwerft l\u00e6ssan, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00f0onne o\u00f0ru tungl,\n for\u00f0\u00e6m hi \u00fe\u00e6re eaxe \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 utan ymbhweorfe\u00f0,\n \u00feone nor\u00f0ende \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 nean ymbcerre\u00f0.\n- 15\n- \n On \u00f0\u00e6re ilcan \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 eaxe hwerfe\u00f0 \n eall ruma rodor, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 recene scri\u00f0e\u00f0,\n su\u00f0heald swife\u00f0, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 swift, untiorig.\n Hwa is on weorulde \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00fe\u00e6t ne wafige,\n buton \u00fea ane \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00fee hit \u00e6r wisson,\n- 20\n- \n \u00fe\u00e6tte m\u00e6nig tungul \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 maran ymbhwyrft \n hafa\u00f0 on heofonum, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 sume hwile eft\n l\u00e6sse geli\u00f0a\u00f0, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00fea \u00fee laca\u00f0 ymb\n eaxe ende \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 o\u00f0\u00f0e micle\n mare gefera\u00f0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00fea hire middre ymbe\n- 25\n- \n \u00feearle \u00fer\u00e6ge\u00f0? \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00feara is gehaten \n Saturnus sum, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 se h\u00e6f\u00f0 ymb \u00feritig\n wintergerimes \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 weoruld ymbcirred.\n Boetes eac \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 beorhte scine\u00f0,\n o\u00f0er steorra, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 cyme\u00f0 efne swa same\n- 30\n- \n on \u00feone ilcan stede \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 eft ymb \u00feritig \n geargerimes, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00f0\u00e6r he gio \u00f0a w\u00e6s.\n Hwa is weoruldmonna \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00fe\u00e6t ne wafige,\n hu sume steorran \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 o\u00f0 \u00f0a s\u00e6 fara\u00f0\n under merestreamas, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00fe\u00e6s \u00f0e monnum \u00f0inc\u00f0?\n- 35\n- \n Swa eac sume wena\u00f0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00fe\u00e6t sio sunne do, \n ac se wena nis \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 wuhte \u00fee so\u00f0ra.\n Ne bi\u00f0 hio on \u00e6fen \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ne on \u00e6rmorgen\n merestreame \u00fee near \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00f0e on midne d\u00e6g,\n and \u00feeah monnum \u00feync\u00f0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00fe\u00e6t hio on mere gange\n- 40\n- \n under s\u00e6swife, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00feonne hio on setl glide\u00f0. \n Hwa is on weorulde \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00fe\u00e6t ne wundrige\n fulles monan, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00feonne he f\u00e6ringa\n wyr\u00f0 under wolcnum \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 wlites bereafad,\n be\u00feeaht mid \u00feiostrum? \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Hwa \u00feegna ne m\u00e6ge\n- 45\n- \n eac wafian \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00e6lces stiorran, \n hwy hi ne scinen \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 scirum wederum\n beforan \u00f0\u00e6re sunnan, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 swa hi symle do\u00f0\n middelnihtum \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 wi\u00f0 \u00feone monan foran,\n hadrum heofone? \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Hw\u00e6t, nu h\u00e6le\u00f0a fela\n- 50\n- \n swelces and swelces \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 swi\u00f0e wundra\u00f0, \n and ne wundria\u00f0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00fe\u00e6tte wuhta gehwilc,\n men and netenu, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 micelne habba\u00f0\n and unnetne \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 andan betweoh him,\n swi\u00f0e singalne. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Is \u00fe\u00e6t sellic \u00feincg,\n- 55\n- \n \u00fe\u00e6t hi ne wundria\u00f0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 hu hit on wolcnum oft \n \u00feearle \u00feunra\u00f0, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00feragm\u00e6lum eft\n anforl\u00e6te\u00f0, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 and eac swa same\n y\u00f0 wi\u00f0 lande \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ealneg winne\u00f0,\n wind wi\u00f0 w\u00e6ge. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Hwa wundra\u00f0 \u00fe\u00e6s\n- 60\n- \n o\u00f0\u00f0e o\u00feres eft, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 hwi \u00fe\u00e6t is m\u00e6ge \n weor\u00f0an of w\u00e6tere; \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 wlitetorht scine\u00f0\n sunna swegle hat; \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 sona gecerre\u00f0\n ismere \u00e6nlic \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 on his agen gecynd,\n weor\u00f0e\u00f0 to w\u00e6tre. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ne \u00feinc\u00f0 \u00fe\u00e6t wundor micel\n- 65\n- \n monna \u00e6negum \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00fe\u00e6t he m\u00e6gge gesion \n dogora gehwilce, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ac \u00f0\u00e6t dysie folc\n \u00fe\u00e6s hit seldnor gesih\u00f0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 swi\u00f0or wundra\u00f0,\n \u00feeah hit wisra gehw\u00e6m \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 wundor \u00f0ince\n on his modsefan \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 micle l\u00e6sse.\n- 70\n- \n Unsta\u00f0olf\u00e6ste \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ealneg wena\u00f0 \n \u00fe\u00e6t \u00fe\u00e6t ealdgesceaft \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00e6fre ne w\u00e6re\n \u00fe\u00e6t hi seldon gesio\u00f0, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ac swi\u00f0or giet\n weoruldmen wena\u00f0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00fe\u00e6t hit weas come,\n niwan ges\u00e6lde, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 gif hiora n\u00e6ngum hwylc\n- 75\n- \n \u00e6r ne o\u00f0eowde; \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 is \u00fe\u00e6t earmlic \u00feinc. \n Ac gif hiora \u00e6nig \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00e6fre weor\u00f0e\u00f0\n to \u00f0on firwetgeorn \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00fe\u00e6t he fela ongin\u00f0\n leornian lista, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 and him lifes weard\n of mode abrit \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00fe\u00e6t micle dysig\n- 80\n- \n \u00f0\u00e6t hit oferwrigen mid \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 wunode lange, \n \u00feonne ic w\u00e6t geare \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00fe\u00e6t hi ne wundria\u00f0\n m\u00e6niges \u00feinges \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00fee monnum nu\n w\u00e6f\u00f0o and wunder \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 welhw\u00e6r \u00feynce\u00f0.","title":"The Meters of Boethius: Meter 28","type":"page"}