The Meters of Boethius: Meter 15

Sacred Texts Legends and Sagas WordGumbo: Old English Dictionaries [External Site] Index Previous Next The Meters of Boethius: Meter 15 Verse Indeterminate Saxon - ðeah hine nu se yfela unrihtwisa Neron cynincg niwan gescerpte wlitegum wædum wundorlice, golde geglengde and gimcynnum, - 5 - þeah he wæs on worulde witena gehwelcum on his lifdagum lað and unweorð, fierenfull. Hwæt, se feond swa ðeah his diorlingas duguðum stepte. Ne mæg ic þeah gehycgan hwy him on hige þorfte - 10 - a ðy sæl wesan; þeah hi sume hwile gecure butan cræftum cyninga dysegast, næron hy ðy weorðran witena ænegum. ðeah hine se dysega do to cyninge, hu mæg þæt gesceadwis scealc gereccan - 15 - þæt he him ðy selra sie oððe þince?