The Meters of Boethius: Meter 30

Sacred Texts Legends and Sagas WordGumbo: Old English Dictionaries [External Site] Index Previous Next The Meters of Boethius: Meter 30 Verse Indeterminate Saxon - Omerus wæs east mid Crecum on ðæm leodscipe leoða cræftgast, Firgilies freond and lareow, þæm mæran sceope magistra betst. - 5 - Hwæt, se Omerus oft and gelome þære sunnan wlite swiðe herede, æðelo cræftas oft and gelome leoðum and spellum leodum reahte. Ne mæg hio þeah gescinan, þeah hio sie scir and beorht, - 10 - ahwærgen neah ealla gesceafta; ne furðum þa gesceafta ðe hio gescinan mæg endemes ne mæg ealla geondlihtan innan and utan. Ac se ælmihtega waldend and wyrhta weorulde gesceafta - 15 - his agen weorc eall geondwliteð, endemes þurhsyhð ealla gesceafta. ðæt is sio soðe sunne mid rihte, be ðæm we magon singan swylc butan lease.