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The Metres of Boethius: Metre 30
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The Metres of Boethius: Metre 30

Met30 1. omerus wæs || east mid crecum Omerus wæs || ēast mid Crēcum
Met30 2. on þæm leodscipe || leoþa cræftgast on þǣm lēodsċipe || lēoða cræftĝost,
Met30 3. firgilies || freond and lareow Firġilīes || frēond and lārēow,
Met30 4. þæm mæran sceope || magistra betst þǣm mǣran sċope || māġistra betst.
Met30 5. hwæt se omerus || oft and gelome Hwæt, Omerus || oft and ġe·lōme
Met30 6. þære sunnan wlite || swiþe herede ðǣre sunnan wlite || swīðe herede,
Met30 7. æþelo cræftas || oft and gelome æðelu cræftas || oft and ġe·lōme
Met30 8. leoþum and spellum || leodum reahte lēoðum and spellum || lēodum reahte.
Met30 9. ne mæg hio þeah gescinan || þeah hio sie scir and beorht Ne mæġ hēo þēah ġe·sċīnan, || þēah hēo sīe sċīr and beorht,
Met30 10. ahwærgen neah || ealla gesceafta ā·hwerġen nēah || ealla ġe·sċeafta;
Met30 11. ne furþum þa gesceafta || þe hio gescinan mæg ne furðum þā ġe·sċeafta || þe hēo ġe·sċīnan mæġ
Met30 12. endemes ne mæg || ealla geondlihtan endemes ne mæġ || ealla ġeond·līehtan
Met30 13. innan and utan || ac se ælmihtega innan and ūtan. || Ac æl-mihtĝa
Met30 14. waldend and wyrhta || weorulde gesceafta wealdend and wyrhta || weorolde ġe·sċeafta
Met30 15. his agen weorc || eall geondwliteþ his āĝen weorc || eall ġeond·wlīteþ,
Met30 16. endemes þurhsyhþ || ealla gesceafta endemes þurh·sihþ || ealla ġe·sċeafta.
Met30 17. þæt is sio soþe || sunne mid rihte Þæt is sēo sōðe || sunne mid rihte,
Met30 18. be þæm we magon singan || swylc butan lease be þǣm we maĝon singan || swelċ būtan lēase.