"Man-hu," said
they, wherefore
they called it
Manna.
He ðe it ſogen,[307] ſeiden, "man hu,"
Manna for-ði men clepeð it nu.
[Fol. 65.]
Q_u_ad moyſes, "loc! her nu [iſ] bread,
Ille gruching iſ[308] gu for-bead." 3332
A met ðor was, it het Gomor,
Each man gathered
an omer of it
before the sun
shone,
Ilc man iſ he bead, and nu_n_mor,
Hi_m_ gaderen or ðe ſunne-ſine,
Elles he ſulden miſſen hine. 3336
for it melted at
the sunshine.
for it malt at ðe ſunne-ſine,
Oc oðer fir for-hadede hine.
When ground
and made into
bread, it tasted
like wafers made
with honey.
To duſt he it grunden and maden bread,
ðat huni and olies ðef he bead; 3340
Q_u_o-ſo nome up forbone mor,
it wirmede, bredde, and rotede ðor.
Moses filled an
omer of the
manna,
Moyſen dede ful ðe gomor,
In a gold pot, for muning ðor. 3344
Held it ſundri in clene ſtede,
and placed it in
the tabernacle.
And in ðe tabernacle he it dede.
Wið ðiſ mete weren he fed,
fowerti winter vten leð,[309] 3348
Til he to lond canaan
Comen(.) ðat god hem giuen gan.
Forth came this
folk, and came to
Rephidim,
Forð nam ðiſ folc, ſo god tagte him,
to ðe deſert of rafadim;[310] 3352
where they murmured
for thirst,
and did chide
with Moses.
Tidlike hem waſ ðat wat_er_ wane,
ðor he grucheden for ðriſt hane;[311]
[Fol. 65b.]
Harde he bi-haluen ðer moyſes,
And to god he made is bi-men. 3356
"Lou_er_ed," q_u_ad he, "q_u_at ſal ic don?
He ſulen me werpen ſtones on."
God sent him for
water to a rock
in Horeb.
Q_u_að god, "go ðu to erebiſ ſton,
And ſmit wið ðin gerde ðor-on." 3360
[306] MS. rin.
[307] MS. logen.
[308] ? ic.
[309] led?
[310] MS. rafaclim.
[311] MS. haue.