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: 91b. Swa B wislich C || wites || Of ower
blodletunge _in marg._ C || ow B || owre | ower C ||
blodletinge || 92. haldes | haldeð C || ow B || iswuch | in
swich C || rest || þraft{er} | þreft{er} C || muhen | muȝen C ||
ine _om._ C || i{}godes || 93. þe _om._ C || wurchen C ||
alswa | alse C || hwen B || felen | feleð C || ani B || 94. vor
_om._ B || muche B || sotchipe C || uorto _om._ C || to lose
| leosen C || for an B || dai | dei C || 95. twelue | tweọlue C
|| Vas _del._ wasches _in marg._ wescheð C || ow B || hwer B ||
ned is | neod is C || as B || 96. as B || wiln | wull{et} C ||
Ouwer meidnes riwle _in marg._ C]
[[96. wull{et} C _corrected in Notes from “wulh”_]]
⁊ ower oþre þinges. Nes neauer fulðe godd leof · þah pou{er}te
⁊ unorneschipe beon him licwurðe. +V+Nderstondeð eauer of alle
þeose þinges · þ̵ nan nis heast ne forbod þ̵ {115} beoð of þe
uttre riwle · þet is lute strengðe of. for hwon þ̵ te inre beo
wel iwist as ich seide i þe frumðe · þeos mei beon ichanget
hwer{}se eani neod oðer eani skile hit easkeð · efter þ̵ ha best
mei þe leafdi riwle seruin as hire eadmode þuften · ah
sikerliche wið{}uten hire þe leafdi feareð to wundre.
[Linenote:
120. _towundre_ MS.]
[[This section has no parallel in the Cotton MSS.]]
+A+ncre þe naueð nawt neh {120} honde hire fode{;} beoð bisie
twa wummen. An eauer þe leaue ed hame{;} an oþer þe wende ut ·
hwenne driueð neod · ⁊ þeo beo ful unorne wið{}uten euch
tiffunge · oðer a lutel þuftene{;} oðer of feier ealde. Bi þe
wei as ha geað{;} ga singinde hire beoden · ne ne halde na tale
wið mon ne wið wummon · ne sitte ne ne stonde · bute þ̵ {125}
leaste þet ha eauer mei ear þen ha ham cume. Nohwider elles ne
ga [f. 115v] heo bute þider as me send hire · wið{}ute leaue ·
ne ne eote ha ne ne drinke ute ·
++Ancre þet naueð nout neih honde hire uode : beoð bisie two
wu{m}men . on ðet bi{}leaue eu{er} ethom . an oðer þet wende ut
hwon hit is neod . and þeo beo ful unorne *oðer a lute þuhten*
oðer of feir elde and biðe weie ase heo geð . go singinde hire
beoden . {100} ne ne holde heo nout none tale mid mon ne mid
wu{m}mon . ne ne sitte ne ne stonde bute þet leste þet heo mei
er þen heo kume hom. nouhwuder elles ne go heo{;} bute þider ase
me sent hire. wið{}ute leaue : ne ete heo ne ne drinke ute.
[Linenote:
102. After _mei_ erasure of one letter.]
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