en earde · [f. 63v
[&] alle þeo isceæftan · þe him to [s]cu[l]en ·
[&] mid muchele cre[fte · þe]ne mon he idihte ·
[&] him on ileide · lif [&] soule ·
Softliche he heo isom[nede] · ac þær biþ sor idol · 5
[þ/] bodeþ [þ/] bearn : þonne hit iboren biþ ·
hit [woan]eþ [&] mænet þeo weowe ·
[&] þene seoruhfule siþ · [&] [þ/] sori idol ·
[þ/] soule schal [[&] li]came · sorliche idælen ·
forþon hit cumeþ weopinde · [&] woniende iwiteþ · 10
[swo D]eaþ mid his pricke · pineþ þene licame ·
he walkeþ [&] wendeþ [&] woneþ [oftes]iþes ·
he sæiþ on his bedde · wo me [þ/] ic libbe ·
[þ/] æffre mine lif dawes · þus [lon]ge me ilesteþ ·
for heui is his greoning · [&] seorhful is his woaning · 15
[Linenotes:
3. [_þe_]_ne_ Buchholz. [_þon_]_ne_ Haufe. || 7. _hit_ [_greoneþ
ond woan_]_eþ_ B. || 9. [_[&] li_]_came_ H. | [_hire li_]_came_
Singer. || 11. [_D_]_eaþ_ H., B. | [_thonne D_]_eath_ S. ||
13. _wome_ MS.]
[&] al [biþ] his siþ · mid seorwe biwunden ·
him deaueþ þa æren : him dimmeþ [þa] i[gh]en ·
him scerpeþ þe neose · him scrinckeþ þa lippen ·
him scorteþ [þe] tunge · [him starkeþ his skin ·]
him trukeþ his iwit · him teoreþ his miht · 20
him coldeþ his [siden ·] liggeþ þe ban stille ·
þonne biþ [þ/] soule{}hus · seoruhliche bereaued ·
[at] also muchele wunne · þe þer{}inne wunede ·
þus biþ þæs bearnes · [bod]unge ifulled ·
þeo moder greoneþ · [&] [þ/] bearn woaneþ · 25
So biþ þeo [bu]rdtid · mid ba`le´wen imenged ·
so biþ eft þe feorþsiþ · Mid seoruwen al bewunden ·
þonne þe licame [&] þe sowle · soriliche to[dæl]eþ :
þonne biþ [þ/] wræcche lif · iended al mid sori siþ ·
þonne biþ þe [fei][gh]e · iflut to þen flore · 30
[Linenotes:
19. [_him ... skin_] no gap in MS. || 21. _þe ban_] perhaps _he
stan_. || 23. [_at_] B., [_of_] H. || 27. In MS. the second half
of this line is _sorhliche to dæl_... copied by mistake from the
next line. || 30. [_fei_]_ge_ Zupitza, [_bodi_]ge S.]
[[Partial word [_bodi_]ge italicized as shown]]]
he biþ eastward istreiht · he biþ sone stif ·
he [col]deþ also clei · hit is him ikunde ·
Mon hine met mid one [gh]erde · [&] þa mol[de] seoþþen ·
ne mot he of þære molde · habben na{m}more ·
þonne [þ/] rihte imet · [rih]tliche tæcheþ · 35
þonne liþ þe clei clot · colde on þen flore ·
[&] him sone from [fleoþ] · þeo he ær freome dude ·
nulleþ heo mid honden · his heafod riht wen[den] ·
heom þuncheþ [þ/] hore honden · swuþe beoþ ifuled ·
Gif heo hondleþ þe[ne d]eade · seoþþen his dea[gh]es beoþ igon · 40
sone cumeþ [þ/] wrecche wif · þe [forh]oweþ þene earfeþ siþ ·
forbindeþ þæs dædan muþ · [&] his dimme e[gh]en ·
[þon]ne þet riche wif · forhoweþ þene earueþ siþ ·
for ufel is þeo wrecche lufe · [þari]nne þeo un{}blisse cumaþ ·
þonne besihþ þeo soule · sorliche to þen lich[ame ·] 45
[Linenotes:
32. [_col_]_deþ_ Z., [_hear_]_deth_ S. || 41. The last half of
this line is due to l. 43. || 43. [_þonne_] H. || [_Ec_] B. ||
44. _þarinne_] [_þon_]_ne_ S., [_In_]_ne_ H., B.]