The Meters of Boethius: Meter 14

Sacred Texts Legends and Sagas WordGumbo: Old English Dictionaries [External Site] Index Previous Next The Meters of Boethius: Meter 14 Verse Indeterminate Saxon - Hwæt bið ðæm welegan woruldgitsere on his mode ðe bet, þeah he micel age goldes and gimma and gooda gehwæs, æhta unrim, and him mon erigen scyle - 5 - æghwelce dæg æcera ðusend, ðeah ðes middangeard and þis manna cyn sy under sunnan suð, west and east his anwalde eall underðieded? Ne mot he þara hyrsta hionane lædan - 10 - of ðisse worulde wuhte þon mare, hordgestreona, ðonne he hiðer brohte.