The Meters of Boethius: Meter 23

Sacred Texts Legends and Sagas WordGumbo: Old English Dictionaries [External Site] Index Previous Next The Meters of Boethius: Meter 23 Verse Indeterminate Saxon - Sie ðæt la on eorðan ælces ðinges gesælig mon, gif he gesion mæge þone hlutrestan heofontorhtan stream, æðelne æwelm ælces goodes, - 5 - and of him selfum ðone sweartan mist, modes þiostro, mæg aweorpan. We sculon ðeah gita mid godes fylste ealdum and leasum ðinne ingeðonc betan bispellum, þæt ðu ðe bet mæge - 10 - aredian to rodorum rihte stige on ðone ecan eard ussa saula.