Aldhelm — Anglo-Saxon Poetry (Old English originals (Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records))

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

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