Aldhelm

Sacred Texts Legends and Sagas WordGumbo: Old English Dictionaries [External Site] Index Previous Next Aldhelm Verse Indeterminate Saxon - þus me gesette sanctus et iustus beorn boca gleaw, bonus auctor, Ealdelm, æþele sceop, etiam fuit ipselos on æðele Angolsexna, - 5 - byscop on Bretene. Biblos ic nu sceal, ponus et pondus pleno cum sensu, geonges geanoðe geomres iamiamque, secgan soð, nalles leas, þæt him symle wæs euthenia oftor on fylste, - 10 - æne on eðle ec ðon ðe se is yfel on gesæd. Etiam nusquam ne sceal ladigan labor quem tenet encratea, ac he ealneg sceal boethia biddan georne - 15 - þurh his modes gemind micro in cosmo, þæt him drihten gyfe dinams on eorðan, fortis factor, þæt he forð simle