The Meters of Boethius: Meter 15

Verse Indeterminate Saxon

ðeah hine nu se yfela         unrihtwisa
Neron cynincg         niwan gescerpte
wlitegum wædum         wundorlice,
golde geglengde         and gimcynnum,

5

þeah he wæs on worulde         witena gehwelcum
on his lifdagum         lað and unweorð,
fierenfull.         Hwæt, se feond swa ðeah
his diorlingas         duguðum stepte.
Ne mæg ic þeah gehycgan         hwy him on hige þorfte

10

a ðy sæl wesan;         þeah hi sume hwile
gecure butan cræftum         cyninga dysegast,
næron hy ðy weorðran         witena ænegum.
ðeah hine se dysega         do to cyninge,
hu mæg þæt gesceadwis         scealc gereccan

15

þæt he him ðy selra         sie oððe þince?