Aldhelm

Verse Indeterminate Saxon

þus me gesette         sanctus et iustus
beorn boca gleaw,         bonus auctor,
Ealdelm, æþele sceop,         etiam fuit
ipselos on æðele         Angolsexna,

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byscop on Bretene.         Biblos ic nu sceal,
ponus et pondus         pleno cum sensu,
geonges geanoðe         geomres iamiamque,
secgan soð, nalles leas,         þæt him symle wæs
euthenia         oftor on fylste,

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æne on eðle         ec ðon ðe se is
yfel on gesæd.         Etiam nusquam
ne sceal ladigan         labor quem tenet
encratea,         ac he ealneg sceal
boethia         biddan georne

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þurh his modes gemind         micro in cosmo,
þæt him drihten gyfe         dinams on eorðan,
fortis factor,         þæt he forð simle