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