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共 270 题- The
- AN EARLY ENGLISH SONG,
- ABOUT A.D. 1250.
- EDITED
- FROM A UNIQUE MS. IN THE LIBRARY OF CORPUS CHRISTI COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE,
- WITH INTRODUCTION, NOTES, AND GLOSSARY,
- BY THE
- REV. RICHARD MORRIS, LL.D.,
- LONDON:
- PUBLISHED FOR THE EARLY ENGLISH TEXT SOCIETY,
- BY N. TRÜBNER & CO., 57 & 59, LUDGATE HILL.
- MDCCCLXV.
- PREFACE.
- DESCRIPTION OF THE MANUSCRIPT, ETC.
- DESCRIPTION OF THE POEM.
- LAMECH'S BIGAMY.
- DEATH OF CAIN.
- HOW THE CHILD MOSES BEHAVED BEFORE PHARAOH.
- HOW MOSES DEFEATED THE ETHIOPIANS.
- THE PLAGUE OF FROGS.
- DATE AND DIALECT OF THE POEM.
- I. The absence of compound vowels.
- III. Simplicity of grammatical structure and construction of sentences.[16]
- 1. The neglect of _gender_ and _number_ in nouns.
- 2. The genitive singular of substantives end in _-es_ in all genders.[17]
- 3. The absence of the gen. pl. of substantives in _-ene_.
- 4. The employment of an uninflected article.[18]
- 7. Adjectives and adverbs with the termination _-like_.
- I. Plurals in _n_.
- VI. A very small Norse element in the vocabulary.
- GRAMMATICAL DETAILS.
- I. NOUNS.
- II. ADJECTIVES.
- 2. _Number._—The plural is formed by the addition of _e_ to the singular.
- III. PRONOUNS.
- TABLE OF PRONOUNS.
- SINGULAR.
- DUAL. PLURAL. DUAL. PLURAL.
- SINGULAR.
- IV. VERBS.
- CONJUGATION OF REGULAR VERBS.
- I. CLASS. INFINITIVE MOOD—_Loven_, love.
- INDICATIVE MOOD.
- II. CLASS. INFINITIVE MOOD—_Heren_, hear.
- III. CLASS. INFINITIVE MOOD—_Seken_, seek.
- CONJUGATION OF IRREGULAR VERBS.
- A. (no change of vowel in the plural preterite.)
- B. (change of vowel in the preterite plural.)
- INDICATIVE MOOD.
- TABLE OF VERBS.
- A.—REGULAR.
- B.—IRREGULAR VERBS.
- DIVISION I.
- DIVISION II.
- ANOMALOUS VERBS.
- The verb _ben_, 'to be,' is conjugated after the following manner:—
- INDICATIVE MOOD.
- V. ADVERBS.
- VI. PREPOSITIONS.
- THE METRE OF THE POEM.
- Again, in l. 93:—
- A man is master of his art when he can write—
- With respect to the final _-en_, it should be further noted—
- Matú | ſalé | was bóren | iſ ſúne ||
- Wóren | ſtalwúr | ði bóren | bi tále ||
- Thus, we may find the same word written and pronounced as a dissyllable—
- Q_u_an é | bru chíld | ſúld | be bóren ||
- Again, with the _last_ foot, as in l. 3580, unless we read _duste_:—
- And ſtíred | it ál | to dúſt | ſir ||
- CONTRACTIONS USED IN THE GLOSSARY.
- THE STORY OF GENESIS AND EXODUS, ETC.
- GOD MADE HEAVEN AND EARTH BY HIS WORD.
- THE DEVIL'S FALL FROM HEAVEN. THE FIRST LIGHT DAWNS.
- THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH ARE PARTED.
- THE STARS ARE SET, AND FOWL AND FISH ARE MADE.
- He let them be
- CATTLE ARE MADE FOR MAN'S SERVICE. ADAM IS CREATED.
- OF PARADISE AND THE CREATION OF EVE.
- THE SEVENTH DAY IS MADE A DAY OF REST.
- LUCIFER IS CAST INTO HELL, AND THERE PLOTS MAN'S FALL.
- EVE AND ADAM EAT THE FORBIDDEN FRUIT.
- Dedes two bondes on hem ben comen; 344
- GOD'S CURSE ON ADAM AND EVE, AND THE ADDER.
- And atter on is tunge cliuen; 372
- EVE BEGETS CAIN AND ABEL, AND OTHER CHILDREN.
- Cherubin hauet ðe gateſ ſperd; 384
- CAIN BUILDS ENO. LAMECH BEGINS BIGAMY.
- LAMECH KILLS CAIN AND HIS OWN SERVANT.
- Lamech ledde long lif til ðan
- OF SETH, ENOCH, METHUSELAH, AND NOAH.
- And of lamech rigt-wiſe noe. 516
- OF THE WORLD'S CORRUPTION AND NOAH'S FLOOD.
- THE BUILDING OF THE ARK. THE FLOOD.
- THE ARK STOOD IN ARMENIA.
- THE RAINBOW APPEARS IN THE WELKIN.
- CONFUSION OF TONGUES. ORIGIN OF IDOLATRY.
- Meiſt_er_ men for to maken it ſo. 664
- ABRAM LEAVES MESOPOTAMIA.
- Cristes helpe be us amonge! 700
- ABRAM REACHES CANAAN. HE GOES TO EGYPT.
- God ſeide wurd to abram:— 736
- PHARAOH TAKES AWAY SARAI, AND IS PUNISHED BY A PLAGUE.
- ABRAM DWELLS AT MAMRE. LOT IN SODOM.
- THE BATTLE OF FOUR KINGS AGAINST FIVE.
- ABRAM RESCUES LOT. MELCHIZEDEK BLESSES HIM.
- ABRAM COMPLAINS FOR WANT OF AN HEIR.
- SARAI BEING BARREN GIVES HAGAR TO ABRAM.
- ISHMAEL IS BORN. CIRCUMCISION IS INSTITUTED.
- ABRAHAM IS PROMISED A SON.
- LOT ENTERTAINS TWO ANGELS.
- THE DESTRUCTION OF SODOM AND GOMORRAH.
- THE BIRTHS OF AMMON AND MOAB.
- Men ſeið ðe treen ðat ðor henden ben
- Hu he migten vnder-gon
- ABRAHAM DWELLS IN GERAR.
- THE BANISHMENT OF HAGAR AND ISHMAEL.
- ABIMELECH COVENANTS WITH ABRAHAM,
- AND GIVES HIM THE WELL OF BEERSHEBA.
- THE OFFERING OF ISAAC.
- ELIEZER IS SENT TO MESOPOTAMIA.
- ELIEZER MEETS WITH REBEKAH.
- ISAAC TAKES REBEKAH TO WIFE.
- THE BIRTH OF ESAU AND JACOB.
- THE PRIVILEGES OF THE FIRST BORN.
- JACOB DEFRAUDS ESAU OF THE BLESSING.
- ESAU THREATENS TO KILL JACOB.
- JACOB IS SENT TO PADAN-ARAM.
- FROM LUZ HE JOURNEYS TO HARAN.
- JACOB COVENANTS FOR RACHEL.
- JACOB MARRIES RACHEL.
- JACOB LEAVES LABAN SECRETLY.
- And to ðe munt galaad he bi-cam; 1744
- THE COVENANT BETWEEN JACOB AND LABAN.
- Sondere men to freinen and q_ue_ðen 1792
- THE MEETING OF ESAU AND JACOB.
- JACOB DWELLS AT SUCCOTH. DINAH'S FOLLY.
- BENJAMIN IS BORN. RACHEL DIES.
- JOSEPH IS HATED BY HIS BRETHREN.
- JOSEPH IS SOLD TO CHAPMEN,
- WHO SELL HIM TO POTIPHAR, AN EGYPTIAN.
- JOSEPH IS CAST INTO PRISON.
- And holden harde i_n_ priſun. 2040
- HE INTERPRETS THE PRISONERS' DREAMS.
- KING PHARAOH DREAMS A DREAM,
- WHICH IS INTERPRETED BY JOSEPH.
- THE FAMINE IN EGYPT AND CANAAN.
- JOSEPH'S HARSHNESS TO HIS BRETHREN.
- BENJAMIN IS TAKEN TO EGYPT.
- JOSEPH'S INTERVIEW WITH HIS BRETHREN.
- THE BRETHREN ARE ACCUSED OF THEFT.
- JOSEPH MAKES HIMSELF KNOWN TO HIS BRETHREN.
- JACOB AND HIS FAMILY GO INTO EGYPT.
- THEY DWELL IN THE LAND OF GOSHEN.
- THE DEATH OF JACOB.
- HE IS BURIED IN HEBRON.
- THE DEATH OF JOSEPH.
- THE OPPRESSION OF THE ISRAELITES.
- THE BIRTH AND PRESERVATION OF MOSES.
- TEREMUTH ADOPTS HIM AS HER SON.
- THE ETHIOPIANS INVADE EGYPT,
- AND ARE DEFEATED BY MOSES.
- He bi-loc hem & ſmette a-mong, 2684
- Gaf hire ðe ton, he was hire hold; 2704
- Into egypte e[254] wente a-gen. 2708
- MOSES SLAYS AN EGYPTIAN,
- And he him anſwerede modi & bold; 2728
- Get ſal ðin pride fallen dun."
- Then Moses fled
- AND FLEES INTO MIDIAN.
- GOD APPEARS TO MOSES AT SINAI.
- MOSES AND AARON ARE SENT TO EGYPT.
- And let hem ſen tockenes fro gode; 2860
- GREATER LABOURS ARE LAID UPON THE ISRAELITES.
- MOSES AND AARON PERFORM MIRACLES BEFORE PHARAOH.
- THE WATERS ARE TURNED INTO BLOOD.
- Sone anon blod men al it fond; 2944
- THE PLAGUES OF FROGS AND GNATS.
- PLAGUES OF FLIES, BOILS, AND BLAINS,
- And he brogte pharaun ðiſ bode; 3016
- HAIL-STORM, AND GRASSHOPPERS.
- Seiden bi-foren pharaon, 3064
- PLAGUES OF LOCUSTS AND DARKNESS.
- THE INSTITUTION OF THE PASSOVER.
- THE DESTRUCTION OF THE FIRST-BORN.
- THE ISRAELITES LEAVE EGYPT.
- THE ISRAELITES CROSS THE RED SEA.
- THE EGYPTIAN HOSTS ARE DROWNED.
- THE SOJOURN AT SHUR, ELIM, AND SIN.
- THE MIRACULOUS FALL OF MANNA.
- It lai ðor, q_u_it als a rim[306] froſt, 3328
- THE ISRAELITES OVERCOME THE AMALEKITES.
- JETHRO VISITS MOSES.
- And vnder hem fif oðere numen; 3416
- THE PEOPLE COME TO SINAI.
- MOSES RECEIVES THE TEN COMMANDMENTS.
- THE PEOPLE ARE AFRAID.
- THEY WORSHIP A GOLDEN CALF.
- THE IDOLATERS ARE SLAIN.
- THE TABLES ARE RENEWED.
- THE BURNING AT TABERAH.
- MIRIAM IS SMITTEN WITH LEPROSY.
- THE REPORT OF THE SPIES.
- THE REBELLION OF KORAH AND ABIRAM.
- A PLAGUE SLAYS FOURTEEN THOUSAND PEOPLE.
- THE PRIESTHOOD OF AARON CONFIRMED.
- THE DEATH OF AARON AT HOR.
- SIHON AND OG ARE OVERCOME.
- Balaam wið-[h]eld him ðor ðat nagt
- BALAAM SETS OUT TO CURSE ISRAEL.
- BALAAM'S ASS SPEAKS.
- BALAAM BLESSES ISRAEL.
- Bliſced ſal ben ðe bliſcede ðe; 4036
- BALAAM'S ADVICE TO BALAK.
- WHOREDOM AND IDOLATRY PUNISHED.
- MOSES DIES IN MOAB.
- MAY GOD SHIELD US FROM HELL'S NIGHT!
- NOTES.
- P. 1. ll. 1-2
- P. 4. l. 102
- 107 _suuen_ = _shoven_, i. e. thrust, prest, driven.
- 111 _oo_ = O.E. _aa_ = _ai_ = ever.
- 125 _quuemeðen_ = _quemeden_, pleased. See l. 86.
- P. 5. l. 133
- 168 _So_, an error for _ðo_?
- P. 7. ll. 204-6
- 369 _niðful_ = envious.
- 393 _on sundri_ = _asunder_ = apart, separate.
- 431 _and wurð ut-lage_ = and became an outlaw.
- 438 _stonden agon_ = withstand, oppose. Cf. O.E. _again-stande_, to oppose.
- 635 _gat_ = granted. It is the preterite of a verb _gate_, to grant.
- 749 _ist_ = _is it_, is there.
- 869 _wenden_, thought.
- 978 _quemede hire list_, satisfied her desire.
- P. 31. l. 1055
- P. 36. l. 1238
- P. 38. l. 1308
- P. 39. l. 1345
- P. 41. ll. 1411-12
- In the Cursor Mundi we are told that _wanhope_ (despair) causes
- P. 42. l. 1448
- P. 45. ll. 1547-8
- P. 46. ll. 1583-4
- P. 51. l. 1758
- P. 52. l. 1797-8
- P. 55. ll. 1901-2
- P. 57. ll. 1975-8
- P. 62. l. 2153
- P. 72. l. 2505-12
- P. 75. l. 2609-10
- P. 76. l. 2647-8
- P. 78. ll. 2718-20
- P. 82. l. 2876-78
- P. 110. l. 3865-6
- P. 112. ll. 3931-2
- P. 113. ll. 3972-3
- P. 114. ll. 4009-10
- P. 116. ll. 4086-88
- GLOSSARIAL INDEX.
- Meten, devised, formed, 2701.
- INDEX OF NAMES.
- INDEX OF RIMES.
- Teman. _See_ for-ðan, _adv._
- Gibi. _See_ bi, _adv._
- Aaraon. _See_ on, _postp._
- Salamon. _See_ on, _postp._
- Belphegor. _See_ sor, _s._
- Sochot. _See_ wot, _v._ 1 _sg._
- ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THE INDEX OF RIMES.
- JOHN CHILDS AND SON, PRINTERS.
- End of Project Gutenberg's The Story of Genesis and Exodus, by Unknown