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The Metres of Boethius: Metre 24
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The Metres of Boethius: Metre 24

Met24 1. ic hæbbe fiþru || fugle swiftran Iċ hæbbe fiðeru || fuĝole swiftran,
Met24 2. mid þæm ic fleogan mæg || feor fram eorþan mid þǣm iċ flēoĝan mæġ || feorr fram eorðan
Met24 3. ofer heane hrof || heofones þisses ofer hēane hrōf || heofones þisses,
Met24 4. ac þær ic nu moste || mod gefeþran ac ðǣr iċ nū mōste || mōd ġe·feðeran,
Met24 5. þinne ferþlocan || feþrum minum þīnne ferhþ-locan, || feðerum mīnum,
Met24 6. oþþæt þu meahte || þisne middangeard oþ·þæt þū meahte || þisne middan-ġeard,
Met24 7. ælc eorþlic þing || eallunga forsion ǣlċ eorðliċ þinġ, || eallunga for·sēon.
Met24 8. meahtes ofer rodorum || gereclice Meahtes ofer rodorum || ġe·reclīċe
Met24 9. feþerum lacan || feor up ofer feðerum lācan, || feorr up ofer
Met24 10. wolcnu windan || wlitan siþþan wolcnu windan, || wlītan siþþan
Met24 11. ufan ofer ealle || meahtes eac faran ufan ofer ealle. || Meahtes ēac faran
Met24 12. ofer þæm fyre || þe fela geara ofer þǣm fȳre || þe fela ġēara
Met24 13. for lange betweox || lyfte and rodere for lange || be·tweox || lyfte and rodore,
Met24 14. swa him æt frymþe || fæder getiode swā% him æt frymþe || fæder ġe·tēode.
Met24 15. þu meahtest þe siþþan || mid þære sunnan ­­Þū meahtest þē siþþan || mid ðǣre sunnan
Met24 16. faran betweox || oþrum tunglum faran be·tweox || ōðrum tunglum.
Met24 17. meahtest þe full recen || on þæm rodere ufan Meahtest þe full recen || on þǣm rodore ufan
Met24 18. siþþan weorþan || and þonne samtenges siþþan weorðan || and þonne sam-tenġes
Met24 19. æt þæm ælcealdan || anum steorran æt þǣm æl-ċealdan || ānum steorran,
Met24 20. se yfmest is || eallra tungla sē yfemest is || ealra tungla,
Met24 21. þone saturnus || sundbuende þone Saturnus || sund-būende
Met24 22. hataþ under heofonum || he is se cealda hātaþ under heofonum; || hē is sē ċealda
Met24 23. eallisig tungl || yfemest wandraþ eall-īsiġ tungol, || yfemest wandraþ
Met24 24. ofer eallum ufan || oþrum steorrum ofer eallum ufan || ōðrum steorrum%.
Met24 25. siþþan þu þonne || þone up a hafast Siþþan þū þonne || þone up ā hafast
Met24 26. forþ oferfarenne || þu meaht feorsian forþ ofer·farenne, || þū meaht feorsian;
Met24 27. þonne bist þu siþþan || sona ofer uppan þonne bist þū siþþan || sōna ofer uppan%
Met24 28. rodere ryneswiftum || gif þu on riht færest rodore rȳne-swiftum. || Ġif þū on riht færest,
Met24 29. þe þone hehstan heofon || behindan lætst þe þone hīehstan heofon || be·hindan lǣtst,
Met24 30. þonne meaht þu siþþan || soþes leohtes þonne meaht þū siþþan% || sōðes lēohtes
Met24 31. habban þinne dæl || þonan an cyning habban þīnne dæl, || þonan ān cyning%
Met24 32. rume ricsaþ || ofer roderum up rūme rīcsaþ || ofer rodorum up
Met24 33. and under swa same || eallra gesceafta and under swā same || ealra ġe·sċeafta,
Met24 34. weorulde waldeþ || þæt is wis cyning weorolde wealdeþ. || Þæt is wīs cyning,
Met24 35. þæt is se þe waldeþ || giond werþioda þæt is sē þe wealdeþ || ġond wer-þēoda
Met24 36. ealra oþra || eorþan cyninga ealra ōðra || eorðan cyninga,
Met24 37. se mid his bridle || ymbebæted hæfþ sē mid his brīdle || ymbe·bǣted% hafaþ
Met24 38. ymbhwyrft ealne || eorþan and heofones ymb-hwyrft ealne || eorðan and heofones.
Met24 39. he his gewaldleþer || wel gemetgaþ Hē his ġe·weald-leðer || wēl ġe·metĝaþ,
Met24 40. se stioreþ a || þurg þa strongan meaht sē stīereþ ā || þurh þā strangan meaht
Met24 41. þæm hrædwæne || heofones and eorþan þǣm hræd-wæġne || heofones and eorðan.
Met24 42. se an dema || is gestæþþig Sē ān dēma || is ġe·stæþþiġ,
Met24 43. unawendendlic || wlitig and mære unawendendliċ, || wlitiġ and mǣre.
Met24 44. gif þu weorþest || on wege rihtum Ġif þū wierðest% || on weġe rihtum
Met24 45. up to þæm earde || þæt is æþele stow up tō þǣm earde, || þæt is æðele stōw,
Met24 46. þeah þu hi nu geta || forgiten hæbbe þēah þū hīe nū ġīeta || for·ġieten hæbbe,
Met24 47. gif þu æfre eft || þær an cymest ġif þū ǣfre eft || ðǣr ān cymest,
Met24 48. þonne wilt þu secgan || and sona cweþan þonne wilt þū seċġan || and sōna cweðan:
Met24 49. þis is eallunga || min agen cyþ ‘Þis is eallunga || min āĝen cīþ,
Met24 50. eard and eþel || ic wæs ær hionan eard and ēðel. || Iċ wæs ǣr heonan
Met24 51. cumen and acenned || þurh þisses cræftgan meaht cumen and ā·cenned || þurh þisses cræftĝan meaht.
Met24 52. nylle ic æfre || hionan ut witan Nylle iċ ǣfre || heonan ūt witan,
Met24 53. ac ic symle her || softe wille ac iċ simle hēr || sōfte wille
Met24 54. mid fæder willan || fæste stondan mid fæder willan || fæste standan.’
Met24 55. gif þe þonne æfre || eft geweorþeþ Ġif þe þonne ǣfre || eft ġe·wierðeþ
Met24 56. þæt þu wilt oþþe most || weorolde þiostro þæt þū wilt oþþe mōst || weorolde þīestre
Met24 57. eft fandian || þu meaht eaþe gesion eft fandian, || þū meaht ēaðe ġe·sēon
Met24 58. unrihtwise || eorþan cyningas unrihtwīse || eorðan cyningas
Met24 59. and þa ofermodan || oþre rican and þā ofer·mōdan || ōðre rīċan
Met24 60. þe þis werige folc || wyrst tuciaþ þe þis wērġe folc || wierst tūciaþ,
Met24 61. þæt hi symle bioþ || swiþe earme þæt hīe simle bēoþ || swīðe earme,
Met24 62. unmehtige || ælces þinges unmihtiġe || ǣlċes þinġes,
Met24 63. emne þa ilcan || þe þis earme folc emne þā īlcan || þe þis earme folc
Met24 64. sume hwile nu || swiþost ondrædæþ sume hwīle nū || swīðost on·drǣdæþ.