A Consolidated Library of Anglo-Saxon PoetryThe Metres of Boethius: Metre 14
| Met14 1. | hwæt biþ þæm welegan || woruldgitsere Hwæt biþ% þǣm weleĝan || weorold-ġītsere |
| Met14 2. | on his mode þe bet || þeah he micel age on his mōde þe bet, || þēah hē miċel āĝe |
| Met14 3. | goldes and gimma || and gooda gehwæs goldes and ġimma || and gōda ġe·hwæs, |
| Met14 4. | æhta unrim || and him mon erigen scyle ǣhta unrīm || and him man erġan sċyle |
| Met14 5. | æghwelce dæg || æcera þusend ǣġhwelċe dæġ || æcera þūsend, |
| Met14 6. | þeah þes middangeard || and þis manna cyn þēah þēs middan-ġeard || and þis manna cynn |
| Met14 7. | sy under sunnan || suþ west and east sīe under sunnan || sūþ, west and ēast |
| Met14 8. | his anwalde || eall underþieded his anwealde || eall under-þīeded? |
| Met14 9. | ne mot he þara hyrsta || hionane lædan Ne mōt hē þāra hyrsta || heonana lǣdan |
| Met14 10. | of þisse worulde || wuhte þon mare of þisse weorolde || wihte þon māre, |
| Met14 11. | hordgestreona || þonne he hiþer brohte hord-ġe·strēona, || þonne hē hider brōhte. |