The Meters of Boethius: Meter 18

Sacred Texts Legends and Sagas WordGumbo: Old English Dictionaries [External Site] Index Previous Next The Meters of Boethius: Meter 18 Verse Indeterminate Saxon - Eala ðæt se yfla unrihta gedeð wraða willa wohhæmetes, þæt he mid ealle gedræfð anra gehwylces monna cynnes mod fulneah ðon. - 5 - Hwæt, sio wilde beo, þeah wis sie, anunga sceal eall forweorðan gif hio yrringa awuht stingeð. Swa sceal sawla gehwilc siððan losian, gif se lichoma forlegen weorðeð - 10 - unrihthæmede, bute him ær cume hreow to heortan, ær he hionan wende.