The Meters of Boethius (Old English) · late 9th or early 10th century
Proem
ðus ælfred us ealdspell reahte,
cyning Westsexna, cræft meldode,
leoðwyrhta list. Him wæs lust micel
ðæt he ðiossum leodum leoð spellode,
monnum myrgen, mislice cwidas,
þy læs ælinge ut adrife
selflicne secg, þonne he swelces lyt
gymð for his gilpe. Ic sceal giet sprecan,
fon on fitte, folccuðne ræd
hæleðum secgean. Hliste se þe wille!
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Alfred, King. The Meters of Boethius (Old English), Proem. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/work/meters-of-boethius-oe/0/.
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Alfred, King. The Meters of Boethius (Old English), Proem. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/work/meters-of-boethius-oe/0/.