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
++Ðe mire is magti . mikel ge swinkeð. 175
In sum{er} ⁊ i{n} softe weder . So we `ofte´ sen hauen.
In ðe heruest . hardilike gangeð.
⁊ renneð rapelike . ⁊ resteð hire seldum.
⁊ fecheð hire fode . ðer ge it mai finden.
gaddreð ilkines sed. 180
boðen of wude ⁊ of wed.
Of corn ⁊ of gres.
ðat ire to hauen es.
haleð to hire `hole´ . ðat siðen hire helpeð.
ðar ge wile ben winter | agen. [f. 6r 185
caue ge haueð to crepen in . ðat wint{er} hire ne derie.
Mete i{n} hire hule ðat . ðat ge muge biliuen.
ðus ge tileð ðar wiles ge time haueð.
so it her telleð.
oc finde ge ðe wete . corn ðat hire qwemeð. 190
Al ge forleteð ðis oðer seð ðat ic er seide.
Ne bit ge nowt de barlic beren abuten.
oc suneð it ⁊ sakeð forð . so it same were.
get is wund{er} of ðis wirm . more ðanne man weneð.
ðe corn ðat ge to caue bereð . al get bit otwinne. 195
ðat it ne forwurðe . ne waxe hire fro.
er ge it eten wille.
[Linenotes:
176. _ofte_ added in margin MS. || 184. _hole_ added on lower
margin MS. || 188. Space before _ðar_: _ð_ rubricated and red
afterwards erased MS.]
+Significacio.+
++Ðe mire muneð us mete to tilen.
Long liuenoðe ðis little wile. 200
ðe we on ðis werld wunen.
for ðanne we of wenden . ðanne is ure wint{er}.
we sulen hung{er} hauen . ⁊ harde sures.
buten we ben war here.
do we forði. so doð ðis der . ðanne be we derue. 205
On ðat dai ðat dom sal ben . ðat it ne us harde rewe.
Seke we ure liues fod . ðat we ben siker ðere.
So ðis wirm in wint{er} is . ðan ge ne tileð nu{m}more.
ðe mire suneð ðe barlic ðanne ge fint te wete.
ðe olde lage we ogen to sunen . ðe newe we hauen mote{n}. 210
ðe corn ðat ge to caue bereð . all ge it bit otwinne.
ðe lage us lereð to don god . ⁊ forbedeð us sinne.
It be{t} us e{rðl}iche bodes . ⁊ bekned euelike.
It fet ðe licham ⁊ te gost . oc nowt o geuelike.
vre louerd c{ri}st it lene us ðat his lage us fede. 215
nu ⁊ o domesdei . ⁊ tanne we hauen nede.
[Linenotes:
211. _ðe corn_ on an erasure. || 213. _ben_ MS. || _ebriche_
MS. || 216. _we_ on an erasure.]
+Natura cerui.+
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