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