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
heo ne schulen cussen nenne mon .* ne cuð{}mon ne cunes mo{n} .
ne for nan cuððe cluppen* ne uor luue cluppen . ne kuð ne unkuð
. ne wasshen hore heaued . ne loken ueste o none monne . ne
toggen mid him{;} ne pleien. hore weaden beon of swuche scheape
{125} ⁊ alle hore aturn swuch{;} þet hit beo eðcene hwarto heo
beoð i{}turnde. hore lates loken warliche . þet non ne edwite
ham ne ine huse ne ut of huse. on alle wise uorberen to wreððen
hore dame . and ase ofte ase heo hit doð er heo drinken oðer
eten . makien hore uenie akneon adun to þer eorðe biuoren hire :
⁊ sigge _mea culpa_ . and underuon {130} ðe penitence : ðet heo
leið upon hire lutende hire louwe.
[Linenote:
122. _cuð_ corr. out of _enð_.]
[Collations: 121. Lah lokinge | Lach locunge C || 122. Eiðer
ligge ane _add._ || ho | ha C || schulen _om._ C || schule ||
cusse B || na | nan C || cu{n}nes || 123. ni || na || ne uor
... unkuð _om._ B || 124. ne ... heaued _om._ | nene weschen
hare C || Ni || loke B || faste || o na | on an C || mo{n} B ||
125. toggle | toggi C || wið B || him _om._ B || pleiȝen C ||
Hare B || wede | weden C || beo || swuch | swich C ||
schape B || 126. al || ⁊ of swic aturn þ̵ `hit´ C || eðscene |
edsene C || hwerto B || ho | ha C || beon B || 127. Hare B ||
werliche C || nan B || etwite _over_ wite _del._ C || ne
_om._ B || i{n} hus B || 128. hus || forbeoren B || wradðen |
wraððen C || hare C || as B || 129. as B || ho | ha C || don ||
ear || ho | ha C || eoten C || Maken C || hire B || o cneos |
acneon C || 130. dun || to þer eorðe _om._ B || bifore |
biforen C || segge{n} B || vnd{er} fo || 131a. penitance C ||
ho | ha C || leis || ha{m} B || lutinde C || lahe | lachȝe C]
Þe ancre þrefter neauer mare þ̵ ilke gult ne upbreide for na
wreaððe · bute ȝef ha eft sone falle i þ̵ ilke · ah do hit
allunge ut of hire heorte. Ȝef ei strif ariseð bitweone þe
wummen{;} þe ancre makie eiðer to makien oþer venie o cneon to
þer {155} eorðe · ⁊ eiðer rihte up oþer{;} ⁊ cussen on ende ·
ant te ancre legge on eiðer{;} sum penitence · mare up o þe ilke
þe greatluker gulte. Þis is a þing witen ha wel þ̵ is gode
leouest{;} Sahtnesse ⁊ some · ⁊ te feond laðest · for{}þi he is
eauer umben to arearen sum leaððe.
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