[[MS description from Notes volume:
"Junius 1, Bodleian Library, Oxford: an oblong folio, written in double
columns on 118 leaves of parchment varying considerably in size, the
largest being 508 × 200 mm.; about 1210 A.D., and an autograph, but
corrected by a second and third hand."]]
[[Further detail from Notes volume:
"Orm supplemented the current graphic methods by devices of his own.
Thus he systematically doubled a consonant after a short vowel in a
closed syllable, so tunnderrstanndenn 109. Whether he meant thereby
to indicate shortness of the vowel or length of the consonant is
disputed.... Where the consonant after an open syllable is in fact
short, Orm often places a breve over the preceding short vowel....
Likewise he uses very seldom an almost horizontal accent to indicate
vowel length, as á 174, but more frequently, as if to emphasize his
warning against possible error, doubles it ... even for greater
insistence trebles it ... mostly before final t.
"Furthermore, Orm invented a special symbol {g} with a flat top
projecting on both sides for the guttural stop g, reserving the
continental g for the dzh sound in such words as egge (edge), leggen,
seggen: the latter occurs in this extract only in gluternesse 167, and
that by mistake."]]
[[In the original text, the linenotes used yogh for insular g, and
plain g for Orm's unique {g}. In this version of the e-text, insular g
has been shown as yogh [gh].
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with the second half shown deeply indented.]]
++Forrþrihht anan se iesu crist.
Wass borenn off hiss moderr{;}
[gh]ho wand hi{mm} sone iwinndecl[-ú]t.
[&] le[gh][gh]de himm inn a`n´ cribbe.
Acc uss birrþ w[)i]tenn [þ/] he warrþ.
All wiþþ hiss a[gh]henn wille.
Vnnorne. [&] wrecche [&] usell child{;}
Inn ure mennisscnesse :
Forr [þ/] he wollde inn heffness ærd{;}
Vss alle makenn riche. 5
¶ [&] he [þ/] all þiss middellærd.
Onn alle wise shrideþþ{;}
He wollde wundenn | ben forr uss. [f. 34v¹
I wrecche wi{nn}de clutess.
Forr [þ/] he wollde shridenn uss{;}
Wiþþ hefennlike wæde·
¶ [&] he [þ/] all þiss werelld shop·
[&] alle shaffte stereþþ{;}
He l[-e]t hi{mm} baþe bindenn her.
Wiþþ bandess f[-e]t [&] hande{;} 10
Forr [þ/] he wollde unnbindenn uss.
Off hellepiness bandess.
¶ [&] heffne. [&] lifft. [&] land. [&] sæ.
Wiþþ {g}oddcunndnesse filleþþ{;}
Þatt illke child. tatt tær wass le[gh][gh]d.
Inn an full naru cribbe{;}
Forr [þ/] he wollde [gh]ifenn uss.
All heffness rume riche.
[Linenotes:
5. _heffness_] erasure of _o_ after _he_; so also in
_hefennlike_, l. 8; _werelld_, l. 9, &c.; see notes. ||
13. _full naru_ over an erasure.]
¶ [&] he [þ/] fedeþþ enn{g}le þed.
[&] alle cwike shaffte{;} 15
He la[gh][gh] all alls hiss wille wass.
Biforenn asse i cribbe.
Swa summ he wære [gh]ifenn hi{mm}{;}
To wurrþenn hi{mm} to fode.
Forr [þ/] he wollde brinn{g}enn uss{;}
Vpp inntill heffness blisse.
[&] [gh]ifenn uss hi{mm} sellfenn þær{;}
Wiþþ enn{g}less eche fode.
¶ Þuss {g}odess sune allmahhti[gh] {g}odd{;}
Warrþ wrecche mann onn erþe. 20
Forr swa to bri{nn}genn mann{}kinn onn{;}
To [gh]ernenn afft{err} litell.
Forr [þ/] he lufeþþ alle þa{;}
[þ/] hise la[gh]hess haldenn.
[&] lufenn forr þe lufe off hi{mm}{;}
To libbenn her onn erþe.
Full wrecchelike inn uselldom{;}
Off metess. [&] off claþess.
¶ [&] tatt te laferrd iesu crist.
Wass le[gh][gh]d inn asse cribbe. 25
Þatt tacneþþ uss. [þ/] he co{mm} her.
To wurrþenn mann onn erþe.
Wiþþ mannkinn. [þ/] wass stunnt. [&] dill{;}
[&] skill læs swa su{mm} asse.
¶ [&] asse. þohh itt litell be.
Itt hafeþþ mikell afell.
To berenn upp well mikell sæm{;}
[Gh]iff mann itt doþ þæronne.
[&] swa wass neh all follc [þ/] da[gh][gh].
Þatt c{ri}st co{mm} her to manne. 30
Neh all itt wass þa strang inoh.
To þewwtenn laþe {g}astess.
To berenn upp [þ/] laþe sæm{;}
To don all þe[gh][gh]re wille.
¶ [&] þurrh [þ/] {g}odd wass wurrþenn mann.
Forr ure miccle nede{;}
Þurrh [þ/] wass he. `þatt witt tu wel.´
All wiþþ hiss lefe wille.
Niþþredd. [&] wannsedd wunnderrli[gh].
[&] la[gh]hedd inn hi{mm} | sellfenn. [f. 34v² 35
Forr o [þ/] hallf [þ/] he wass mann{;}
Mann mihhte hi{mm} fon. [&] pinenn.
Wiþþ h[-a]t. [&] kald. wiþþ nesshe. [&] harrd·
Wiþþ pine off þrisst. [&] hunngerr.
[&] cwellenn himm mann mihhte wel{;}
Inn ure mennisscnesse.
[&] {g}odd wass wurrþenn swa forr uss{;}
[Gh][-é]t lasse þann an enn{g}ell.
Forr mann ne ma[gh][gh] nohht enn{g}ell sen{;}
Ne t[)a]kenn hi{mm} ne bindenn. 40
Ne pinenn hi{mm}. ne cwellenn hi{mm}.
Forr he ne de[gh]eþþ næfre.
Acc drihhtin {g}odd warrþ her forr þe
[Gh][-e]t lasse þann hiss enn{g}ell.
[&] lah[gh]hre inoh. forr þi þatt he{;}
Þe wollde [gh]ifenn bisne.
Þatt te birrþ a[gh][gh] þe sellfenn her{;}
Þurrh soþ mecnesse la[gh]henn.
[&] lætenn swiþe unorneli[gh]{;}
[&] litell off þe sellfenn. 45
[Linenotes:
34. _þatt witt tu wel_ substituted at bottom of column for _þatt
se[gh][gh]þ þe boc_ in text. || 37. _kald_ over an erasure. ||
41. _pinenn_] _i_ over an erasure. || _næfre_] _r_ changed into
_n_ by erasure. || 42. _godd warrþ_ over an erasure. ||
45. _unorneli[gh]_ with erasure over the first _n_.]
¶ ++Þatt hirdess wokenn o [þ/]at nahht.
Þatt crist wass borenn onne{;}
Þatt wass swa su{mm} hiss wille wass.
Forr [þ/] itt shollde tacnenn.
Þatt he forr{}þi wass wurrþenn mann{;}
Forr [þ/] he wollde sammnenn.
An flocc off menn till cristenndom{;}
[&] till þe rihhte læfe.
Þatt sholldenn wurrþenn hise shep{;}
Þurrh here unnshaþi[gh]nesse. 50
[&] sholldenn habbenn oferr he{mm}{;}
Bisscopess. prestess. dæcness
Forr [þ/] te[gh][gh] sholldenn hirdess ben{;}
To [gh]emenn he{mm}. [&] {g}ætenn.
[&] ec forr [þ/] he wollde ben.
Himm sellf [-u]t numenn hirde.
Swa [þ/] he wollde hiss a[gh]henn lif{;}
Forr hise shep forrlætenn.
¶ Þatt {g}odess enn{g}ell co{mm} o nihht.
Swa su{mm} ðe {g}oddspell kiþeþþ. 55
To spekenn wiþþ{}þa wake menn.
Þatt wokenn heore faldess{;}
[&] tatt he comm [þ/] nihht till he{mm}.
Wiþþ heoffness lihht. [&] leome.
[&] tatt te[gh][gh] wærenn forr [þ/] lihht.
[&] forr ðatt enn{g}less sihhþe.
Forr dredde swiþe fasste anan.
Swa summ þe {g}oddspell kiþeþþ{;}
[&] ec þatt {g}odess enn{g}ell toc.
To frofrenn he{mm} wiþþ worde. 60
All [þ/] wass don | þurrh iesu c{ri}st. [f. 35r¹
Forr mikell þin{g} to tacnenn.
¶ Itt tacneþþ uss þatt ure {g}odd.
Well offte senndeþþ enn{g}less.
Inn till þiss middell{}ærd. tatt iss.
All full off þesst{err}nesse :
Þatt iss off all [þ/] ifell iss{;}
Inn alle kinne sinne{;}
Itt tacneþþ [þ/] he senndeþþ hemm{;}
Inn till þiss þeossterrnesse. 65
To frofrenn þa [þ/] wakenn wel{;}
Onn[gh]æness laþe {g}astess.
[&] stanndenn inn to shildenn he{mm}{;}
Fra deofless swikedomess.
[&] all [þ/] flocc [þ/] he{mm} iss s[-e]tt{;}
To [gh]emenn. [&] to {g}ætenn.
To frofrenn swillke senndeþþ {g}odd.
Enn{g}less. [&] hall[gh]he sawless.
[&] a[gh][gh] þe[gh][gh] cumenn dun till þa{;}
Wiþþ heoffness lihht. [&] leome. 70
Þatt iss wiþþ witt. [&] {g}od innsihht{;}
Inn alle kinne þin{g}e.
Forr drihhtin [gh]ifeþþ her hiss þeww{;}
{g}od witt. [&] mahht. [&] wille.
To stanndenn [gh]æn þe laþe {g}ast.
[&] [gh]æn all [þ/] he læreþþ.
Acc a[gh][gh] þe[gh][gh] sinndenn þohh swa þehh{;}
Well swiþe sare off{}dredde.
Off domess da[gh][gh]es starrke dom{;}
[&] off þe demess irre. 75
All all swa su{mm} þa w[)a]ke menn{;}
Well swiþe offdredde wærenn.
Off heoffness brihhte lihht [&] lem {;}
[&] off [þ/] enn{g}less sihhþe.
Ace hihht. [&] hope o drihhtin {g}odd.
[&] onn hiss mildheorrtnesse{;}
Þatt frofreþþ hemm. [&] beldeþþ he{mm}{;}
To foll[gh]henn {g}odess lare.
To fandenn [gh]iff þe[gh][gh] mu[gh]henn swa{;}
ðe demess are winnenn. 80
[&] tatt wass uss bitacnedd wel{;}
Þurrh ðatt tatt {g}odess enn{g}ell.
Toc sone anan wiþþ milde word{;}
ða w[)a]ke menn to frofrenn.
For{r} [þ/] he wisste wel [þ/] te[gh][gh]{;}
Off hi{mm} forrdredde wærenn.
Forr {g}odess enn{g}ell frofreþþ mann{;}
[Gh]iff [þ/] he seþ hi{mm} færedd.
Forr {g}odess enn{g}ell iss full mec{;}
[&] soffte. [&] milde. [&] bliþe. 85
¶ [&] defell iss all full off niþ{;}
[&] full off {g}ra{mm}cunndnesse.
[&] full off h[)e]te towarrd mann{;}
[&] full off modi[gh]nesse
[&] [gh]iff he seþ þe mann forrdredd{;}
He wile hi{mm} skerrenn mare.
[&] ræfenn himm hiss rihhte witt{;}
[&] shetenn inn hiss herrte. |
Acc whas itt iss [þ/] wæpnedd iss.
Wiþþ fulle trowwþe o criste{;} [f. 35r² 90
Þohh [þ/] he {g}risli[gh] defell seo.
Niss he rihht nohht forrfæredd.
¶ Þatt enn{g}ell se[gh][gh]de ðatt he wass{;}
Þa cumenn forr to kiþenn.
O {g}odess hallfe þær till he{mm}.
A`n´ swiþe mikell blisse.
Þatt shollde ben till all þe follc.
Þatt se[gh][gh]de he forr [þ/] tanne{;}
Wass cumenn i þiss middellærd.
Full mikell blisse. [&] sellðe. 95
Till alle `þa´ [þ/] sholldenn wel{;}
O {g}odess sune lefenn.
O iesu c{ri}st. tatt borenn wass.
[þ/] illke nahht to manne.
¶ He se[gh][gh]de [þ/] te laferrd crist.
Wass borenn her to manne.
Nohht o þe nahht. acc o þe da[gh][gh].
Forr mikell þing to tacnenn.
Forr da[gh][gh]ess lihht bitacneþþ uss{;}
All eche lifess blisse 100
[&] nahht bitacneþþ all [þ/] wa{;}
[Þ/] iss i{nn} helle pine.
[&] c{ri}st wass borenn i þiss lif{;}
To lesenn uss off helle.
Forr [þ/] he wollde [gh]ifenn uss{;}
Wiþþ enn{g}less eche blisse.
¶ [&] tatt wass uss bitacnedd ec.
Þurrh [þ/] tatt {g}odess enn{g}ell.
Wass aww{n}edd till ða w[)a]ke menn{;}
Wiþþ heffness lihht [&] leme. 105
Forr {g}odess sune iesu crist{;}
Wass wurrþenn mann onn erþe.
To [gh]ifenn heoffness lihht. [&] lem{;}
[Þ/] follc. [þ/] shollde hi{mm} foll[gh]henn.
[Linenote:
105. _awwredd_ in MS.]
¶ Þatt {g}odd all{}mahhti[gh] wurrþenn wass.
[Gh]un{g} child i{nn} ure ki{n}de.
[&] wrecche child. off wrecche kinn{;}
ðatt doþ uss tunnderrstanndenn.
Þatt uss birrþ mikell lufenn crist.
[&] lofenn hi{mm} [&] wurrþenn. 110
Off þatt he wollde hi{mm} sellfenn swa{;}
Forr ure lufe la[gh]henn.
[&] off þatt he warrþ wrecche mann{;}
Forr uss to makenn riche.
Wiþþ enn{g}less upp inn heoffness ærd{;}
Wiþþ{}utenn ende i blisse.
Annd þurrh [þ/] tatt tær awwnedd wass.
An here off {g}odess enn{g}less.
Þatt time [þ/] te laferrd crist.
Wass borenn her to manne{;} 115
Þurrh [þ/] wass uss don þær full wel.
To sen. [&] tunnderrstanndenn.
Þatt enn{g}less stanndenn a[gh][gh] occ a[gh][gh].
To lofenn {g}odd [&] wurrþenn.
¶ [&] þurrh [þ/] illke wass uss ec. [f. 35v¹
Don full wel tunnderrstanndenn.
Þatt uss birrþ lofenn drihhtin a[gh][gh]{;}
Wiþþ innwarrd herrtess tunge.
[&] þannkenn hi{mm} [þ/] miccle {g}od{;}
Þatt he doþ uss onn erþe. 120
¶ [&] þurrh [þ/] illke wass uss ec.
Don full wel tunnderrstanndenn.
Þatt crist all enn{g}le þede ki{n}{g}.
Wass borenn her to manne.
Alls iff he [gh]æn þe laþe {g}ast.
Wiþþ h[)e]re wollde fihhtenn.
To winnenn adam. [&] hiss kinn{;}
[~V]t off þe defless walde.
[&] settenn enn{g}less oferr he{mm}{;}
To [gh]emenn he{mm} [&] {g}ætenn. 125
[&] forr to shildenn hemm onn{}[gh]æn{;}
ðe deofless laþe wiless.
[Linenote:
124. _walde_] After _l_, _l_ erased.]
¶ Annd {g}odess enn{g}less wærenn þa{;}
Well swiþe glade wurrþenn.
Off ðatt tatt {g}odd wass wurrþenn mann.
Forr [þ/] te[gh][gh] wisstenn alle.
Þatt te[gh][gh]re {g}en{g}e shollde ben{;}
Wiþþ {g}ode sawless ekedd.
[&] wurrþedd ec. [&] all forrþi{;}
Þe[gh][gh] wærenn swiþe bliþe. 130
[&] all forr þi þe[gh][gh] sun{g}enn þa.
ðiss san{g} wiþþ mikell blisse.
Si drihhtin upp inn heffness ærd{;}
Wurrþshipe. [&] loff. [&] wullderr.
[&] upp{}onn erþe {g}riþþ. [&] friþþ{;}
Þurrh {g}odess mildherrtnesse.
Till iwhillc mann [þ/] habbenn shall{;}
{g}od herte [&] `a[gh][gh]´ {g}od wille.
[Linenote:
134. _a[gh][gh]_ added in margin and _god_ corrected out of _gode_,
so too in ll. 147, 154.]
¶ Þiss sun{g}enn þe[gh][gh]. forr{}þi [þ/] te[gh][gh].
Full wel þær unnderrstodenn. 135
Þatt te[gh][gh]re {g}en{g}e shollde ben{;}
Þurrh hall[gh]he sawles. ekedd.
Þurrh whatt biforenn drihhtin {g}odd·
[Gh]iff [þ/] itt waxenn mihhte.
Wurrþshipe [&] wullderr shollde ben{;}
Swa su{mm} itt waxenn wære.
[&] ec forr þatt te[gh][gh] wisstenn wel.
Þatt {g}odd co{mm} her to manne.
Forr [þ/] he wollde {g}riþþ [&] friþþ.
[&] soþ sahhtnesse settenn. 140
Bitwenenn drihhtin heffness king{;}
[&] mannkinn her onn erþe.
Þatt mann kinn shollde mu[gh]henn wel{;}
Vpp cumenn i{nn} till heffne.
Þatt heffness here mihhte swa{;}
Þurrh hall[gh]he sawless waxenn.
Þurrh whatt bi{}forenn drihhtin {g}odd{;}
Wurrþshipe waxenn shollde.
[Gh]iff [þ/] himm mihhte waxenn ohht{;}
[&] wurrþenn bettre [&] mare. 145
¶ Þatt {g}riþþ wass sett till alle þa.
Swa su{mm} þe {g}oddspell kiþeþþ.
Þatt sholl | denn wurrþenn {g}ode{}menn{;}
[&] habbenn `a[gh][gh]´ {g}od{}wille. [f. 35v²
Till þa [þ/] sholldenn unnderrfon{;}
Wiþþ blisse cristess come.
[&] nohht till þa [þ/] sholldenn hi{mm}{;}
Forrho[gh]henn [&] forrwerrpenn.
Forr niss nohht {g}odess {g}riþþ wiþþ þa{;}
[Þ/] wiþþrenn {g}odd onn{}[gh]æness. 150
Acc helle wawenn iss till þa{;}
All afft{err} þe[gh][gh]re wrihhte.
¶ [&] her mann unnderrstanndenn ma[gh][gh]{;}
Whillc mann iss drihhtin cweme.
Þatt illke mann iss drihhtin lef{;}
[Þ/] hafeþþ {g}ode wille.
Forr wha{}se itt iss þatt illke mann
Þatt hafeþþ `a[gh][gh]´ {g}od wille
Þatt illke mann ne sinn[gh]heþþ nohht.
Ne {g}illteþþ hise þannkess. 155
Ne towarrd {g}odd· ne towarrd mann{;}
[Gh]iff [þ/] he ma[gh][gh] hi{mm} lokenn.
[&] [gh]iff [þ/] iss [þ/] he missdoþ.
Onn ani[gh] kinne wise{;}
Itt reweþþ hi{mm}. [&] sone anan{;}
He sta{nn}t itt inn to betenn.
¶ Þatt {g}odess e{nn}{g}ell co{mm} o nahht.
Wiþþ heffness lihht onn erþe{;}
Þatt tacneþþ [þ/] tiss middellærd.
Wass full off þessterrnesse. 160
Þurrh illkess kinness hæþenndom.
Inn iwhillc unnclænnesse{;}
Þatt time [þ/] te laferrd crist.
Wass borenn her to manne.
To [gh]ifenn heffness lihht. [&] lem{;}
[Þ/] follc [þ/] shollde hi{mm} cwemenn.
[Linenote:
159. _enngell comm o nahht_ over an erasure.]
¶ [&] tatt tatt enn{g}ell nohht ne co{mm}.
Till kin{g}ess ne till erless.
Ne till [þ/] laþe riche flocc.
Þatt foll[gh]heþþ modi[gh]nesse{;} 165
Þatt doþ uss tunnderrstanndenn wel{;}
[Þ/] drihhtin {g}odd forrwerrpeþþ.
All modi[gh]le[gh][gh]c. [&] {g}reditle[gh][gh]c :
[&] irre. [&] gluterrnesse.
[&] all [þ/] foll[gh]heþþ horedom.
[&] swikedom onn erþe.
Þatt mann ma[gh][gh] findenn allre mast.
I þa [þ/] sinndenn riche.
þatt {g}odess enn{g}ell awwnedd wass.
In aness weress hewe{;} 170
Þatt wass forr{}þi [þ/] enn{g}ell ma[gh][gh].
Wiþþ hiss drihhtiness wille.
Hi{mm} awwnenn alls he wære a mann.
I manness limess alle.
I bodi[gh]. [þ/] he doþ hi{mm} inn{;}
Off hefennlike kinde.
¶ `[&] {g}odd wiþþ enn{g}less gife uss. á.
To brukenn heffness blisse.´
Am{æn}.
[Linenotes:
170. _þatt_] between _þ_ and _a_ an erasure. || 174. Added
lengthwise on the margin.]