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
Nowðer of þe wummen ne beore from hare dame · ne ne bringe to
hire nane idele talen{;} ne neowe tidinges · ne bitweonen ham
seolf{;} ne singen ne ne speoken na ne worldliche spechen · ne
lahhen swa ne pleien{;} þet ei mon þ̵ hit sehe{;} mahte hit to
uuel turnen. Ouer alle þinges leasunges ⁊ luðere wordes {140}
heatien. hare her beo icoruen · hare heaued clað sitte lahe ·
eiðer ligge ane. Hare cop beo hehe isticchet · ⁊ bute broche.
na{}mon ne seo ham unleppet ne open heaued. lah locunge habben.
[Linenote:
141. _laḥhe_ MS.]
nouðer of ðe wu{m}men ne beren urom hore dame . ne ne bringen to
hire . none idele talen : ne neowe tiþinges . ne bitweonen ha{m}
sulf ne singen . ne ne speken none worldliche spechen . ne
lauhwen ne ne pleien so ðet {115} ei mon þet hit iseie . muhte
[f. 118v] hit to v`u´el t{ur}nen. ou{er} alle þing leasunge and
luðere wordes . hatien. Hore her beo i{}koruen . hore heuedcloð
sitte lowe. eiðer ligge one. Hore hesmel beo heie istihd{;} al
wið{}ute broche. no mon ne i{}seo ham unweawed . ne open heaued.
*Inwið þe wanes ha muhe werie scapeloris hwen mantel {120} ham
heuegeð . ute{;} gan i{}mantlet þe heauet i{}hudeket.* louh
lokunge habben.
[Collations: 112b. Nowðer || 113. of þe wummen _om._ C || of þe
familiers ne beo fra{m} hire lafdi ni ni bringe nowðer || ne
beore ne ne bringe to heore dame C || none _om._ B ||
114. tales || newe || tidinges C || bitwenen B || self |
seolf C || ne ne singen C || ni ne speken | ne ne speoken ham
seolf C || 115. none _om._ C || nane speches || lahhen swa ne
pleien þ̵ | lachȝen swa ne pleiȝen þ̵ C || 116. ani || sehe |
sechȝe C || mihte | machte C || hit _om._ C || turnen hit ||
117. þi{n}ge || leasinges | leasing C || uuele C || hare C ||
beon C || icoruen B || 118. hore ... i hudeket _om._ ||
hare C || clað C || lachȝe C || ane C || hare cop beo hechȝe
isticched C || 119. al _om._ C || na C || seo C || unlepped C]
Heo ne schulen cussen na{}mon · ne cuðmon ne cunnes mon · ne for
na cuððe cluppen · ne weschen hare heaued · ne lokin feaste o na
mon{;} ne toggin {145} wið ne pleien. Hare weden beon of swuch
schape · ⁊ al hare aturn swuch{;} þet hit beo edscene hwerto ha
beoð iturnde. Hare lates lokin warliche · þ̵ nan ne mahe edwiten
ham{;} in hus ne ut of hus. On alle wise forbeoren to wreaðen
hare dame · ⁊ as ofte as heo hit doð{;} ear ha drinken oþer
eoten{;} makien [f. 116r] hare venie · o cneon {150} dun biuoren
hire ⁊ seggen · mea culpa · ⁊ underuon þe penitence þ̵ ha leið
up{}on hire lutinde hire lahe.
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