The Metres of Boethius: Metre 30 Show normalized version 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, sē 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 sē 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.