A Consolidated Library of Anglo-Saxon PoetryThe Metres of Boethius: Metre 18
| Met18 1. | eala þæt se yfla || unrihta gedeþ Ēalā þæt sē yfela || unrihta ġe·dēþ |
| Met18 2. | wraþa willa || wohhæmetes wrāða willa || wōh-hæmetes, |
| Met18 3. | þæt he mid ealle gedræfþ || anra gehwylces þæt hē mid ealle ġe·dræfþ || ānra ġe·hwelċes |
| Met18 4. | monna cynnes || mod fulneah þon manna cynnes || mōd full-nēah þon. |
| Met18 5. | hwæt sio wilde beo || þeah wis sie Hwæt, sēo wilde bēo, || þēah wīs sīe, |
| Met18 6. | anunga sceal || eall forweorþan ānunga sċeall || eall for·weorðan |
| Met18 7. | gif hio yrringa || awuht stingeþ ġif hēo ierrunga || āwuht stinġeþ. |
| Met18 8. | swa sceal sawla gehwilc || siþþan losian Swā sċeall sāwla ġe·hwelċ || siþþan losian, |
| Met18 9. | gif se lichoma || forlegen weorþeþ ġif sē līċ-hāma || for·leġen weorðeþ |
| Met18 10. | unrihthæmede || bute him ær cume unryht-hǣmede, || būte him ǣr cume |
| Met18 11. | hreow to heortan || ær he hionan wende hrēow tō heortan, || ǣr hē heonan wende. |