The Old and Middle English.
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THE CONTRAST TO THE EAST MIDLAND.
(About A.D. 1120.)
Ure hlaford almihtiʓ God wile and us hot þat we hine lufie. and of him smaʓe and spece. naht him to mede ac hus to freme and to fultume. for him seiʓe alle hiscefte. . . . Gif non man ne þoht of Gode. non ne spece of him. Gif non of him ne spece. non hine ne lufede. Gif non hine ne lufede. non to him ne come. ne delende. nere of his eadinesse. nof his merhðe. Hit is wel swete of him to specene. þenche ʓie ælc word of him swete. al swa an huni tiar felle upe ʓiure hierte. Heo is hefone liht and eorðe brihtnesse. loftes leom. and all hiscefte ʓimston. anglene blisse. and mancenne hiht and hope, richtwisen strenhcþe. and niedfulle frouer.[1]
| Page | 219. | Seraphim birninde oðer anhelend. |
| God lét hi habben áʓen chíre, to chíesen. | ||
| " | 221. | Forgáng þu ones treówes westm. |
| " | 235. | He cweð a wunder worder. |
| " | 223. | Þa weran boðe deadlice. |
| " | 225. | Ic wille halden þe and tí wif. |
| Ic wille settan mi wed (covenant), | ||
| " | 233. | He us forðteh alse is cyldren. |
| Feder, of wam we sielþe habbeð. | ||
| " | 235. | Bárn of hire ogen innoð. |
| Gif ic fader ham. | ||
| Wer laðieres móche. | ||
| " | 239. | Wic ʓéie, wic dredness wurð. |
| Birne alse longe as ic lefie. |
- ↑ Old English Homilies, edited by Dr. Morris (Early English Text Society), p. 217. These go to p. 245. The passage I give above is an original one of the transcriber's, written long after Ælfric's time.
