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The Metres of Boethius: Metre 12
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The Metres of Boethius: Metre 12

Met12 1. se þe wille wyrcan || wæstmbære lond Sē þe wille wyrċan || wæstm-bǣre land,
Met12 2. atio of þæm æcere || ærest sona ā·tēo of þǣm æcere || ǣrest sōna
Met12 3. fearn and þornas || and fyrsas swa same fearn and þornas || and fyrsas swā same,
Met12 4. wiod þa þe willaþ || welhwær derian wēod þā þe willaþ || wēlhwǣr derian
Met12 5. clænum hwæte || þy læs he ciþa leas clǣnum hwǣte, || þȳ læs hē ċīða lēas
Met12 6. licge on þæm lande || is leoda gehwæm liċġe on þǣm lande. || Is lēoda ġe·hwæm
Met12 7. þios oþru bysen || efnbehefu þēos ōðru bȳsen || efen-be·hēfu,
Met12 8. þæt is þætte þynceþ || þegna gehwelcum þæt is, þætte þynceþ || þeġna ġe·hwelcum
Met12 9. huniges bibread || healfe þy swetre huniġes bēo-brēad || healfe þȳ swētre,
Met12 10. gif he hwene ær || huniges teare ġif hē hwēne ǣr || huniġes tēare
Met12 11. bitres onbyrgeþ || biþ eac swa same biteres on·byrġeþ. || Biþ ēac swā same
Met12 12. monna æghwilc || micle þy fægenra manna ǣġhwelċ || miċele þȳ fæġenra
Met12 13. liþes weþres || gif hine lytle ær līðes wederes, || ġif hine lȳtle ǣr
Met12 14. stormas gestondaþ || and se stearca wind stormas ġe·standaþ || and sē stearca wind
Met12 15. norþan and eastan || nænegum þuhte norðan and ēastan. || Nǣneĝum þūhte
Met12 16. dæg on þonce || gif sio dimme niht dæġ on þance, || ġif sēo dimme niht
Met12 17. ær ofer eldum || egesan ne brohte ǣr ofer eldum || eġesan ne brōhte.
Met12 18. swa þincþ anra gehwæm || eorþbuendra Swā þyncþ ānra ġe·hwǣm || eorð-būendra
Met12 19. sio soþe gesælþ || symle þe betere sēo sōðe ġe·sǣlþ || simle þȳ betere
Met12 20. and þy wynsumre || þe he wita ma and þȳ% wynsumre, || þe hē wīta mā,
Met12 21. heardra henþa || her adreogeþ heardra hīenþa, || hēr ā·drēoĝeþ.
Met12 22. þu meaht eac mycle þy eþ || on modsefan Þū meaht ēac miċele þȳ ēþ || on mōd-sefan
Met12 23. soþa gesælþa || sweotolor gecnawan sōða ġe·sǣlþa || sweotolor ġe·cnāwan,
Met12 24. and to heora cyþþe || becuman siþþan and tō hira cȳþþe || be·cuman siþþan,
Met12 25. gif þu up atyhsþ || ærest sona ġif þū up ā·tīehsþ || ǣrest sōna
Met12 26. and þu awyrtwalast || of gewitlocan and þū ā·wyrtwalast || of ġe·wit-locan
Met12 27. leasa gesælþa || swa swa londes ceorl lēasa ġe·sǣlþa, || swā swā landes ċeorl
Met12 28. of his æcere lycþ || yfel weod monig of his æcere lȳcþ || yfel-wēod maniġ.
Met12 29. siþþan ic þe secge || þæt þu sweotole meaht Siþþan iċ þē seċġe || þæt þū sweotole meaht
Met12 30. soþa gesælþa || sona oncnawan sōða ġe·sǣlþa || sōna on·cnāwan,
Met12 31. and þu æfre ne recst || æniges þinges and þū ǣfre ne recst || ǣnġes þinġes
Met12 32. ofer þa ane || gif þu hi ealles ongitst ofer þā āne, || ġif þū hīe ealles on·ġietst.