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72 jrizi. A BLICIrLIN<? HOMILY.

çnd he ongan Godes lof leornian çnd þæt lǽran, ond þæt
gāstlīce mægen lufian; ond þurh þǽt geearnode him þā
gife Hāliges Gāstes, ond ēac þæs ōþres sāule of wītum
genęrede ond of tintregum ālēsde.

5 Magon we þonne, men þā lēofestan, us þis to gemyndum
habban, çnd þās bŷsene on ūrum heortan staþelian, þæt
we ne sceolan lufian worlde glęngas to swīþe nē þysne
middangeard; for þon þe þēos world is eall forwordenlīc
ond gedrōfenlīc ond. gebrosnodlīc end feallenUc,¹ cud þēos

io world is eall gewitenlīc.² TJton we þonne geornlīce ge-'
þęncean ond oncnāwān be þyses middangeardes fruman;
þā he ǽrest gesceapen wæs, þā wæs he ealre fægernesse
full, ond he wæs blðwende on. him sylfam on swŷþe
manigfealdre wynsumnesse, Qnd on þā tīd wæs mannuni

15 lēof o/er³ eorþan, çnd hālwęnde ond hāl* smyltnes wæs
o/er^seorþan, çnd sibba genihtsumnes, ondtūddres æþelnes.
Qnd þēs middangeard wæs on þā tīd to þon fæger çnd
to þon wynsumlīc^s þæt he tēah men to him þurh Ms wlite
ond ]rarh Ms fægernesse, ond wynsumnesse fram þon

20 ælmihtegan Gode. Qnd þā he þus fæger wæs çnd þus
wynsum, þā wisnode he on Crīstes hāligra heortum, ond
is nū on ūrum. heortan blōwende swā hit gedafen is.
Nū is ǽghwonon hrēam çnd wop; nū is hēaf ǽghwonon,
çnd sibbe tōlēsnes; nū is. ǽghwonon yfel çnd siege; çnd

25 ǽghwçnon þēs middangeard flŷhþ from us mid mycelre
biternesse, çnd we him fleondum fylgeaþ, ond. Mne feal-
lendne lufiaþ. Hwæt! we on þām gecnāwan magon þæt
þēos world is scyndende çnd heononweard. Ilton we þonne
þæs geþęncean, þā hwīle þe we magon [ond]⁶ mōton, þæt -,

30 we us georne to Gode þŷdon. Uton ūrum Drihtne hŷran

¹ feallendlio. - gewif en; Morris, gewitendlic(?). ⁸ of or.
*heal. ⁶ wym-. «Holthausen.



		72 jrizi. A BLICIrLIN<? HOMILY. çnd he ongan Godes lof leornian çnd þæt lǽran, ond þæt gāstlīce mægen lufian; ond þurh þǽt geearnode him þā gife Hāliges Gāstes, ond ēac þæs ōþres sāule of wītum genęrede ond of tintregum ālēsde. 5 Magon we þonne, men þā lēofestan, us þis to gemyndum habban, çnd þās bŷsene on ūrum heortan staþelian, þæt we ne sceolan lufian worlde glęngas to swīþe nē þysne middangeard; for þon þe þēos world is eall forwordenlīc ond gedrōfenlīc ond. gebrosnodlīc end feallenUc,¹ cud þēos io world is eall gewitenlīc.² TJton we þonne geornlīce ge-' þęncean ond oncnāwān be þyses middangeardes fruman; þā he ǽrest gesceapen wæs, þā wæs he ealre fægernesse full, ond he wæs blðwende on. him sylfam on swŷþe manigfealdre wynsumnesse, Qnd on þā tīd wæs mannuni 15 lēof o/er³ eorþan, çnd hālwęnde ond hāl* smyltnes wæs o/er^seorþan, çnd sibba genihtsumnes, ondtūddres æþelnes. Qnd þēs middangeard wæs on þā tīd to þon fæger çnd to þon wynsumlīc^s þæt he tēah men to him þurh Ms wlite ond ]rarh Ms fægernesse, ond wynsumnesse fram þon 20 ælmihtegan Gode. Qnd þā he þus fæger wæs çnd þus wynsum, þā wisnode he on Crīstes hāligra heortum, ond is nū on ūrum. heortan blōwende swā hit gedafen is. Nū is ǽghwonon hrēam çnd wop; nū is hēaf ǽghwonon, çnd sibbe tōlēsnes; nū is. ǽghwonon yfel çnd siege; çnd 25 ǽghwçnon þēs middangeard flŷhþ from us mid mycelre biternesse, çnd we him fleondum fylgeaþ, ond. Mne feal- lendne lufiaþ. Hwæt! we on þām gecnāwan magon þæt þēos world is scyndende çnd heononweard. Ilton we þonne þæs geþęncean, þā hwīle þe we magon [ond]⁶ mōton, þæt -, 30 we us georne to Gode þŷdon. Uton ūrum Drihtne hŷran ¹ feallendlio. - gewif en; Morris, gewitendlic(?). ⁸ of or. *heal. ⁶ wym-. «Holthausen.