Social Commentaries
Latin-English Proverbs (Old English)
From The Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records, ed. E. V. K. Dobbie, vol. VI (1942)
Social Commentaries
Ardor frigesscit, nitor squalescit,
amor abolescit, lux obtenebrescit.
Hat acolað, hwit asolað,
leof alaðaþ, leoht aðystrað.
Senescunt omnia que eterna non sunt.
æghwæt forealdað þæs þe ece ne byð.
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Old English text as in ASPR; hand-keyed e-text via sacred-texts.com.
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Anonymous (Old English). “Latin-English Proverbs (Old English).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-old-english/204/.
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Anonymous (Old English). “Latin-English Proverbs (Old English).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-old-english/204/.
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