The Meters of Boethius: Meter 15
The Meters of Boethius: Meter 15
ðeah hine nu se yfela
unrihtwisa
Neron cynincg
niwan gescerpte
wlitegum wædum
wundorlice,
golde geglengde
and gimcynnum,
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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
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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
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þæt he him ðy selra
sie oððe þince?