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
[Collations: 23. For B || na nan C || seo | sið C || ow B || ne
iseoð _om_. B || ham | him C || 24. duhen || owre | ouwer C ||
clað B || beo hit hwit beo hit blac bute hit beo B || 25. ⁊
_om._ B || warm B || iwraht | iwracht C || felles B || iteawet |
itauwet C || 26. habbes || as ow B || to nedes || eke _om._ B]
+N+est flesch ne schal nan werien linnene clað bute hit beo of
hearde ⁊ of greate heorden. Stamin habbe hwa{}se wule · hwa{}se
wule beo buten. Ȝe schulen in an hetter ant igurd liggen · swa
leoðeliche þah þ̵ ȝe mahen honden put [f. 113v] ten þer{}under.
Nest lich nan ne gurde hire wið na cunne gurdles : bute þurh
schriftes leaue. Ne {30} beore nan irn ne here · ne ilespiles
felles · ne ne beate hire þer{}wið{;} ne wið scurge i{}leadet ·
wið holin ne wið breres · ne biblodgi hire seolf{;} wið{}ute
schriftes leaue · nohwer ne binetli hire · ne ne beate bi{}uoren
· ne na keoruunge ne keorue · ne ne neome ed eanes to luðere
disceplines · te{m}ptaciuns forte acwenchen · ne for na bote {35}
aȝein cundeliche secnesses · nan uncundelich lechecreft ne leue
ȝe ne ne fondin · wið{}uten ower meistres read{;} leste ow
stonde wurse.
++Nexst fleshe ne schal non werien no linnene cloð bute ȝif hit
beo of herde and of greate heorden. stamin `habbe´ hwo{}se wule.
and hwo{}se wule mei beon buten. ȝe schullen liggen in on heater
and i gurd. ne bere ȝe non iren . ne here . ne [f. 117r]
irspiles felles. {30} ne ne beate`ou´þer mide. ne mid schurge
i{}leðered : ne i{}leaded. ne mid holie . ne mid breres . ne ne
biblodge hire sulf : wið{}uten schriftes leaue . ne ne nime et
enes to ueole disceplines.
[Collations: 27. Nest flesch B || nan B || werie || no _om._
|| nan C || cloð _om._ B || ȝif _om._ B || 28. harde B ||
heordes || were C || hwa B || wile || 29. and _om._ || hwa B
|| nule{;} beo wið uten || mei beon _om._ C || schuln in |
schulen in C || an B || hatter | hetter C || 30. gurd liggen
| igurd liggen C || were nan irn | beore nan iren C || haire
|| ylespiles B || 31. hire þerwið B || wið B || i leðered ne
_om._ B || ileadet B || ne _om._ B || 32. wið holin | wið
holine C || wið B || ne blodeke | ne bibloðgi C || selue{n}
| seolf C || ute C || schirches || 33a. nine _for_ ne ne ||
neome C || ateanes | ed eanes C || feole B || disciplines |
diciplines C]
+O+wer schon i winter beon meoke · greate ⁊ warme. I sumer ȝe
habbeð leaue bearuot gan ⁊ sitten ⁊ lihte scheos werieN ·
+H+osen wið ute vampez{;} ligge in hwa{}se likeð · +I+scheoed ne
slepe ȝe nawt · ne {40} noh wer bute i bedde. Sum wummon
inohreaðe wereð þe brech of here ful wel icnottet · þe
streapeles dun to þe vet ilacet ful feaste · ah eauer is best þe
swete ⁊ te swote heorte. Me is leou{er}e þ̵ ȝe þolien wel an
heard word{;} þen an heard here.
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