The Metres of Boethius: Metre 1
hit wæs geara iu
þætte gotan eastan
of sciþþia
sceldas læddon
þreate geþrungon
þeodlond monig
setton suþweardes
sigeþeoda twa
gotena rice
gearmælum weox
hæfdan him gecynde
cyningas twegen
rædgod and aleric
rice geþungon
þa wæs ofer muntgiop
monig atyhted
gota gylpes full
guþe gelysted
folcgewinnes
fana hwearfode
scir on sceafte
sceotend þohton
italia
ealle gegongan
lindwigende
hi gelæstan swua
efne from muntgiop
oþ þone mæran wearoþ
þær sicilia
sæstreamum in
eglond micel
eþel mærsaþ
þa wæs romana
rice gewunnen
abrocen burga cyst
beadurincum wæs
rom gerymed
rædgot and aleric
foron on þæt fæsten
fleah casere
mid þam æþelingum
ut on grecas
ne meahte þa seo wealaf
wige forstandan
gotan mid guþe
giomonna gestrion
sealdon unwillum
eþelweardas
halige aþas
wæs gehwæþeres waa
þeah wæs magorinca
mod mid grecum
gif hi leodfruman
læstan dorsten
stod þrage on þam
þeod wæs gewunnen
wintra mænigo
oþþæt wyrd gescraf
þæt þe þeodrice
þegnas and eorlas
heran sceoldan
wæs se heretema
criste gecnoden
cyning selfa onfeng
fulluhtþeawum
fægnodon ealle
romwara bearn
and him recene to
friþes wilnedon
he him fæste gehet
þæt hy ealdrihta
ælces mosten
wyrþe gewunigen
on þære welegan byrig
þenden god wuolde
þæt he gotena geweald
agan moste
he þæt eall aleag
wæs þæm æþelinge
arrianes
gedwola leofre
þonne drihtnes æ
het iohannes
godne papan
heafde beheawon
næs þæt hærlic dæd
eac þam wæs unrim
oþres manes
þæt se gota fremede
godra gehwilcum
þa wæs ricra sum
on rome byrig
ahefen heretoga
hlaforde leof
þenden cynestole
creacas wioldon
þæt wæs rihtwis rinc
næs mid romwarum
sincgeofa sella
siþþan longe
he wæs for weorulde wis
weorþmynþa georn
beorn boca gleaw
boitius
se hæle hatte
se þone hlisan geþah
wæs him on gemynde
mæla gehwilce
yfel and edwit
þæt him elþeodge
cyningas cyþdon
wæs on greacas hold
gemunde þara ara
and ealdrihta
þe his eldran mid him
ahton longe
lufan and lissa
angan þa listum ymbe
þencean þearflice
hu he þider meahte
crecas oncerran
þæt se casere eft
anwald ofer hi
agan moste
sende ærendgewrit
ealdhlafordum
degelice
and hi for drihtne bæd
ealdum treowum
þæt hi æft to him
comen on þa ceastre
lete greca witan
rædan romwarum
rihtes wyrþe
lete þone leodscipe
þa þa lare ongeat
þeodric amuling
and þone þegn oferfeng
heht fæstlice
folcgesiþas
healdon þone hererinc
wæs him hreoh sefa
ege from þam eorle
he hine inne heht
on carcernes
cluster belucan
þa wæs modsefa
miclum gedrefed
boetius
breac longe ær
wlencea under wolcnum
he þy wyrs meahte
þolian þa þrage
þa hio swa þearl becom
wæs þa ormod eorl
are ne wende
ne on þam fæstene
frofre gemunde
ac he neowol astreaht
niþer of dune
feol on þa flore
fela worda spræc
forþoht þearle
ne wende þonan æfre
cuman of þæm clammum
cleopode to drihtne
geomran stemne
gyddode þus