Selections from Early Middle English, 1130-1250. Part 1: Texts
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Selections from Early Middle English, 1130-1250. Part 1: Texts
English literature -- Middle English, 1100-1500
¶ Þatt {g}odd all{}mahhtiᵹ wurrþenn wass.
Gun{g} child i{nn} ure ki{n}de.
⁊ wrecche child. off wrecche kinn{;}
ðatt doþ uss tunnderrstanndenn.
Þatt uss birrþ mikell lufenn crist.
⁊ lofenn hi{mm} ⁊ wurrþenn. 110
Off þatt he wollde hi{mm} sellfenn swa{;}
Forr ure lufe laᵹhenn.
⁊ off þatt he warrþ wrecche mann{;}
Forr uss to makenn riche.
Wiþþ enn{g}less upp inn heoffness ærd{;}
Wiþþ{}utenn ende i blisse.
Annd þurrh þ̵ tatt tær awwnedd wass.
An here off {g}odess enn{g}less.
Þatt time þ̵ te laferrd crist.
Wass borenn her to manne{;} 115
Þurrh þ̵ wass uss don þær full wel.
To sen. ⁊ tunnderrstanndenn.
Þatt enn{g}less stanndenn aᵹᵹ occ aᵹᵹ.
To lofenn {g}odd ⁊ wurrþenn.
¶ ⁊ þurrh þ̵ illke wass uss ec. [f. 35v¹
Don full wel tunnderrstanndenn.
Þatt uss birrþ lofenn drihhtin aᵹᵹ{;}
Wiþþ innwarrd herrtess tunge.
⁊ þannkenn hi{mm} þ̵ miccle {g}od{;}
Þatt he doþ uss onn erþe. 120
¶ ⁊ þurrh þ̵ illke wass uss ec.
Don full wel tunnderrstanndenn.
Þatt crist all enn{g}le þede ki{n}{g}.
Wass borenn her to manne.
Alls iff he ᵹæn þe laþe {g}ast.
Wiþþ hĕre wollde fihhtenn.
To winnenn adam. ⁊ hiss kinn{;}
V̋t off þe defless walde.
⁊ settenn enn{g}less oferr he{mm}{;}
To ᵹemenn he{mm} ⁊ {g}ætenn. 125
⁊ forr to shildenn hemm onn{}ᵹæn{;}
ðe deofless laþe wiless.
[Linenote:
124. _walde_] After _l_, _l_ erased.]
¶ Annd {g}odess enn{g}less wærenn þa{;}
Well swiþe glade wurrþenn.
Off ðatt tatt {g}odd wass wurrþenn mann.
Forr þ̵ teᵹᵹ wisstenn alle.
Þatt teᵹᵹre {g}en{g}e shollde ben{;}
Wiþþ {g}ode sawless ekedd.
⁊ wurrþedd ec. ⁊ all forrþi{;}
Þeᵹᵹ wærenn swiþe bliþe. 130
⁊ all forr þi þeᵹᵹ sun{g}enn þa.
ðiss san{g} wiþþ mikell blisse.
Si drihhtin upp inn heffness ærd{;}
Wurrþshipe. ⁊ loff. ⁊ wullderr.
⁊ upp{}onn erþe {g}riþþ. ⁊ friþþ{;}
Þurrh {g}odess mildherrtnesse.
Till iwhillc mann þ̵ habbenn shall{;}
{g}od herte ⁊ `aᵹᵹ´ {g}od wille.
[Linenote:
134. _aᵹᵹ_ added in margin and _god_ corrected out of _gode_,
so too in ll. 147, 154.]
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