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West Saxon I [1878], THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO SAINT JOHN IN ANGLO-SAXON AND NORTHUMBRIAN VERSIONS SYNOPTICALLY ARRANGED, WITH COLLATIONS EXHIBITING ALL THE READINGS OF ALL THE MSS. Edited for the Syndics of the University Press, by the REV. WALTER W. SKEAT, M.A. Elrington and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon in the University of Cambridge (F. A. BROCKHAUS, LEIPZIG) [word count] [B01210].
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CHAPTER II.


1    note Eornustlice þa se hælend acenned wæs on iudeiscre bethleem. on þæs cyninges dagum herodes. þa comon þa tungol-witegan fram east-dæle to hierusalem

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2   ∧ cwædon. hwær ys se iudea cyning þe acenned ys; Soðlice w&edia; ge-sawon hys steorran on east-dæle. ∧ we comon us him to ge-eadmedenne;


3   Ða her&odia;des &thaet; gehyrde ða wearð he gedrefed ∧ eal hierosolim-waru mid him.


4   ∧ þa gegaderode herodes ealle ealdras þæra sacerda ∧ folces writeras. ∧ axode hwær crist acenned wære;


5   Ða sædon hi him. on iudeiscere bethlem; Witodlice þus ys awriten. þurh þone witegan;


6   And þu bethleem iudea-land. witodlice ne eart þu læst on iuda ealdrum. of ðe forðgæð se here-toga se þe recð min folc israhel;


7   Herodes þa clypode on sunder-spræce ða tungel-witegan. ∧ befran hi georne hwænne se steorra him æt-eowde.


8   And h&edia; asende h&idia; to bethlem ∧ ðus cwæð; Farað ∧ axiað geornlice be þam cilde. ∧ þonne ge hyt gemetað cyþað eft me. &thaet; ic cume ∧ me to him gebbide;


9   Ða hi &thaet; gebod gehyrdon þa ferdon hi. ∧ soþlice se steorra þe hi on east-dæle gesawon. him beforan ferde. oð he stod ofer þær &thaet; cild wæs;


10   Soþlice þa ða tungel-witegan þone steorran gesawon. fægenodon swyðe myclum gefean.


11   ∧ gangende into þam huse hi gemetton &thaet; cild mid marian hys meder. ∧ hi aðenedon hi. ∧ hi to him gebædon. And hi &udia;ntyndon hyra gold-hordas. ∧ him lac brohton. &thaet; wæs gold. ∧ recels. ∧ myrre;

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12   And hi afengon ∧sware on swefnum. &thaet; hi eft to herode ne hwyrfdon. ac hi on oðerne weg on hyra r&idia;ce ferdon;


13    note Þa hi þa ferdon. þa æt-ywde drihtnes engel iosepe on swefnum. ∧ þus cwæð. aris ∧ nim &thaet; cild. ∧ his modor. ∧ fleoh on egypta land. ∧ beo þær oð &thaet; ic ðe secge; Toweard ys. &thaet; herodes secð &thaet; cild to forspillenne;


14   H&edia; aras þ&adia; ∧ nam &thaet; cild ∧ his modor on niht. ∧ ferde on egyptum.


15   ∧ wæs þær oð herodes forð-sið. &thaet; wære gefylled. &thaet; ðe fram drihtne ge-cweden wæs þurh ðone witegan. of egyptum ic minne sunu geclypode;


16   Ða wæs herodes swyðe gebolgen. forþam þe he bepæht wæs fram þam tungel-witegum. ∧ he asende þa ∧ ofsloh ealle þa cild þe on bethleem wæron ∧ on eallum hire gemærum. fram twy-wintrum cilde. ∧ binnan þam æfter þære t&idia;de þe he ge-axode fram ðam tungel-witegum;


17   Ða wæs gefylled &thaet; ge-cweden wæs þurh hieremiam þone witegan;


18   Stefn wæs on hehnysse gehyred. wop. ∧ mycel þotorung. rachel weop hyre bearn. ∧ heo nolde beon gefrefred. forþam þe hi næron;


19    note Soðlice þa herodes wæs forð-faren. witodlice on swefne drihtnes engel æt-ywde iosepe on egyptum.

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20   ∧ þus cwæð; Aris ∧ nim &thaet; cild ∧ his modor ∧ far on israhela-land; Nu synd forð-farene. þe ðæs cildes sawle sohton;


21   He aras ða ∧ onfeng &thaet; cild ∧ his modor. ∧ com on israhela-land;


22   Ða he gehyrde &thaet; archelaus rixode on iudea-þeode for ðæne herodem. he ondred þyder to farende (sic). ∧ on swefnum gemynegod he ferde on galileisce dælas.


23   ∧ he com þa ∧ eardode on þære ceastre ðe is genemned nazareth. &thaet; wære gefylled &thaet; ge-cweden wæs þurh ðone witegan. for þam ðe he nazarenisc byð genemned;
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West Saxon I [1878], THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO SAINT JOHN IN ANGLO-SAXON AND NORTHUMBRIAN VERSIONS SYNOPTICALLY ARRANGED, WITH COLLATIONS EXHIBITING ALL THE READINGS OF ALL THE MSS. Edited for the Syndics of the University Press, by the REV. WALTER W. SKEAT, M.A. Elrington and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon in the University of Cambridge (F. A. BROCKHAUS, LEIPZIG) [word count] [B01210].
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