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OF THE USE OF ITS BLOOD; OF ITS CHEESE.
hẏt hæled wel. To *wifes[1] willan þæs buccan ȝeallen meng wið recels[2] ⁊ wið netelan sæd, smẏre þane *teors[3] mid ætforan to þas reste-ȝemanan: ꝥ wif onfeahþ þæs willan on þan hamede. Þi læs ci[l]d[4] sẏ hreosende[5] ꝥ ẏs filleseoc oꝥꝥ scinla(c) mete fire-gate braȝen *teoh *þurh[6] gẏlde(n)e hring, sẏle ðan cilde swelȝan ær þan hit m(e)oluc bruca ⁊ *suce:[7] hẏt bẏð ȝehæled. Wið oman nim gate horn ⁊ leȝe to fẏre ꝥ he bẏrne on fyre, do þanne of þa scille on niwe[8] fæt, cnuca hẏ þane swiþe wið scearpun ecede, do on ða oman fort hy hæl sẏ. To slæpe gate horn under heafed ȝeled:[Cock. p. 352] wæccen he on slæp ȝecẏrred. Wið blod-rine of nose *adrẏȝ[9] gate blod ⁊ gnid to duste, do on ꝥ nosþrul: hit wiðstandeþ. Wið eaȝene hæte ⁊ wið stice niwe gate cuse *oferȝeseted[10] mid þa eaȝe-bræwas: hẏm bẏþ hrædlice bote. Wið heafod-ece niwe gate cuse þar-to ȝewriþen: hit hæled. Wið fot-adle niwe gate cuse onȝeled ꝥ sar ȝeliþegaþ. Wið innopes heardnysse swa hwæt swa he eta *menge[11] wiþ þane wætan, ⁊ þone ẏlcan *drince[12] wið þæs innoþes heardnẏsse ꝥ seo toȝene wambe sẏ alẏsed: swa he [ma] drinceð[Cock. p. 354] swa hit furþur clænsad. Wið þane wætan do him eac ꝥ he drince gate blod: wel ꝥ hine hæleð. Gif innoþ þinde nim gate blod mid hire smeruwe ⁊ berena grutta gemeng ⁊ on wambe utan ȝewrẏd:[13] *wundorlice[14] hit hæleð. Wið earane sare gate migga do on ꝥ eare ꝥ sar ȝeliþegad. Gif ꝥar *wẏrms inne *bið *hit[15] ꝥ ut *awyrpð.[16] Wið cẏrnlu
- ↑ ms. wifef.
- ↑ ms. rise recels.
- ↑ ms. terþ.
- ↑ Here and in the following lines the letters between the parentheses guessed rather than read.
- ↑ ms. here hreosende.
- ↑ ms. teoþ þurþ.
- ↑ Not in V; ms. ⁊ shuca.
- ↑ ms. on wine niwe (sic), the second word underlined and struck off.
- ↑ ms. adriȝd.
- ↑ ms. ofer ȝesedet.
- ↑ ms. mengc.
- ↑ ms. drincan.
- ↑ ms. ȝe wy wyrd.
- ↑ ms. wunderlice.
- ↑ ms. wurmas inne beoð hi (which makes sense).
- ↑ ms. awirph.