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https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/A.5.6.3
Title
The Metres of Boethius: Metre 3
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Old English
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The Metres of Boethius: Metre 3

Met3 1. æala on hu grimmum || and hu grundleasum Ēalā, on grimmum || and grundlēasum
Met3 2. seaþe swinceþ || þæt sweorcende mod sēaðe swinċeþ || þæt sweorcende mōd,
Met3 3. þonne hit þa strongan || stormas beataþ þonne hit þā strangan || stormas bēataþ
Met3 4. weoruldbisgunga || þonne hit winnende weorold-bisgunga, || þonne hit winnende
Met3 5. his agen leoht || an forlæteþ his āĝen lēoht || ān for·lǣteþ,
Met3 6. and mid uua forgit || þone ecan gefean and mid for·ġiet || þone ēċan ġe·fēan,
Met3 7. þringþ on þa þiostro || þisse worulde þring on þā þīestre || þisse weorolde,
Met3 8. sorgum geswenced || swa is þissum nu sorĝum ġe·swenċed. || Swā is þissum
Met3 9. mode gelumpen || nu hit mare ne wat mōde ġe·lumpen, || hit māre ne wāt
Met3 10. for gode godes || buton gnornunge for gōde godes || būtan gnornunge
Met3 11. fremdre worulde || him is frofre þearf fremdre weorolde. || Him is frōfre ðearf.