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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 VI.


1    note Æfter þyson for se hælend ofer þa galileiscan sædia;. seo is tiberi&adia;dis.


2   ∧ him fylide mycel folc for-þam þe hig gesawon þa tacna þe he worhte on þam þe wæron ge-untrumode;


3   Witodlice se Hælend astah on anne munt ∧ sæt þar mid his leorning-cnihton.


4   hit wæs gehende eastron iudea freolsdæge;

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5    note Ða se hælend his eagan up-ah&odia;f ∧ geseah &thaet; micel folc com to him. he cwæð to philippe; Hwær bicge we hlafas &thaet; þas eton.


6   &thaet; he cwæþ his fandigende he wiste hwæt he don wolde;


7   Ða ∧wurde him philippus. ∧ cwæð nabbað hi genoh on twegera hundred penega wurþe hlafes &thaet; ælc sumne dæl nyme;


8   Ða ∧wyrde him an his leorning-cnihta andreas simones broþur petres;


9   Her is an cnapa þe hæfþ f&idia;f berene hlafas ∧ twegen fixas. ac hwæt synt þa þing betwux swa manegum mannum;


10   Ða cwæð se hælend. doð &thaet; þas men sitton. on þære stowe wæs mycel gers. ðær sæton þa swylce f&idia;f þusendo manna;


11   Se hælend nam þa hlafas ∧ þanc-wurðlice dyde ∧ hig to-dælde þam sittendum ∧ eall-swa of þam fixum swa mycel swa hig woldon;


12   Ða hig fulle wæron. þa cwæð he to his leorning-cnihton. gaderiaþ þa brytsena þe þar to lafe wæron &thaet; hig ne losigeon.


13   hig gegaderedon ∧ fyldon twelf wyligeon fulle þæra brytsena of þam þe þa læfdon þe of þam fif berenan hlafon æton.


14   Ða men cwædon þa hig gesawon &thaet; he &thaet; tacen worhte. &thaet; þes is soðlice witega þe on middan-geard cymþ.


15   Ða se hælend wiste &thaet; hig woldon cuman ∧ hine gelæccean ∧ to cynge d&odia;n. þa fleah he ana uppon þone munt;

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17   And þa hig eodon on scyp hi comon ofer þa sæ to capharnaum. hit wearð þa þystre ∧ se hælend ne com to him.


18   mycel wind bleow ∧ hit wæs hreoh sædia;;


19   Witodlice þa hig hæfdon gehrowen swylce twentig furlanga oððe þrittig. þa gesawon hig þone hælend uppan þære sædia; g&adia;n ∧ &thaet; he wæs gehende þam scype. ∧ hi him ondredon.


20   he cwæð þa to him; Ic hit eom. ne ondrædað eow;


21   Hig woldon hyne niman on &thaet; scyp ∧ sona &thaet; scyp wæs æt þam lande þe hig woldon to faran;


22   Soþlice oþre dæg seo menigeo þe stod begeondan þam mere. geseah &thaet; þær næs butan an scyp. ∧ &thaet; se hælend ne eode on scyp mid his leorning-cnihtan. ac his leor[n]ing-cnihtas sylfe ana foron.


23   oðre scypu comon fram tiberiade wið þa stowe þar hig þone hlaf æton drihtne þanciende.


24   Ða seo menigeo geseah &thaet; se hælend þar næs ne his leorning-cnihtas. þa eodon hig on scipu ∧ coman to capharnaum sohton ðone hælend


25   ∧ þa hig gemetton hyne begeondon þam mere hig cwædon to him; Lareow hwænne com þu hider;

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26   Se hælend him ∧swarude ∧ cwæð. Soþ ic eow secge ne sece ge me forðam þe ge tacnu gesawon. Ac for-þam þe ge æton of ðam hlafon ∧ synt fulle.


27    note Ne note wyrceaþ æfter þam mete þe for-wyrð. Ac æfter þam þe þurh-wunað on ece lif. ðone mannes sunu eow sylþ. þone god fæder getacnode;


28   Hig cwædon to him. hwæt do we &thaet; we wyrceon godes weorc


29   þa ∧swarode se hælend ∧ cwæð to him. &thaet; is godes weorc &thaet; ge gelyfan on ðone þe he sende;


30   Ða cwædon hig hwæt dest þu to tacne &thaet; we geseon ∧ gelyfon &thaet; þu hit wyrce.


31   ure fæderas æton heofonlicne mete on westene swa hit awriten is. he sealde him etan hlaf of heofone;


32   Se hælend cwæð to him. soð ic secge eow ne sealde moyses eow hl&adia;f of heofonum. ac min fæder eow sylþ soðne hl&adia;f of heofonum


33   hit is godes hl&adia;f þe of heofone com ∧ sylþ middan-earde lif;


34   Hig cwædon to him. drihten. syle us þysne hl&adia;f.


35   se hælend cwæð to him; Ic eom lifes hlaf ne hingrað þone þe to me cymð ∧ ne þyrst þone næfre ðe on me gelyfð.


36   ac ic eow sæde &thaet; ge gesawon me ∧ ne gelyfdon;

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37    note Eall &thaet; fæder me sylþ cymð to me ∧ ic ne wyrpe ut ðone þe to me cymð.


38   forþam þe ic ne com of heofonum &thaet; ic minne willan do. ac þæs willan þe me sende;


39   Ðæt is þæs fæder willa ðe me sende &thaet; ic nan þing ne forleose. of ðam þe he me sealde. ac awecce &thaet; on þam ytemestan dæge;


40   Ðis is mines fæder willa þe me sende &thaet; ælc þe ðone sunu gesyhþ ∧ on hine gelyfð. hæbbe ece l&idia;f ∧ ic hine awecce on þam ytemestan dæge;


41   Ða murcnodon þa iudeas be him. forþam þe he cwæð ic eom hlaf þe of heofonum com


42   ∧ hig cwædon; Hu nis þis se hælend iosepes sunu. we cunnon his fæder ∧ his modor. humeta segð þes ic com of heofonum;


43   Se hælend him ∧swarode ∧ cwæð to him. ne murcniaþ eow betwynan;


44    note Ne mæg nan man cuman to me buton se fæder þe me sende hyne t&edia;o ∧ ic hine arære on ðam ytemestan dæge;


45   On ðære (sic) witegena bocum is awriten. ealle eaðlære beoð godes; Ælc þe gehyrde æt fæder ∧ leornode. cymð to me;

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46   Ne ge-seah nan man fæder buton se ðe is [of] gode se gesyhþ fæder;


47   Soð ic secge eow se hæfð ece lif þe on me gelyfð.


48   ic eom lifes hl&adia;f.


49   ure fæderas æton heofunlicne mete on westene ∧ hig synd deade;


50   Ðis is se hlaf þe of heofonum com. &thaet; ne swelte se ðe of him ytt;


51   Ic eom lybbende hlaf þe of heofonum com. swa hwa swa ytt of ðyson hlafe. he leofað on ecnysse. ∧ se hlaf þe ic sylle is min flæsc for middan-eardes life;


52   Þa iudeas fliton him betwynan ∧ cwædon. hu mæg þes his flæsc us syllan to etene.


53    note Þa cwæþ se hælend to hiM;
Soþ ic secge eow næbbe ge lif on eow buton ge eton mannes suna flæsc ∧ his blod drincon;


54   Se hæfð ece l&idia;f þe ytt min flæsc ∧ drincð min blod. ∧ ic hine arære. on þam ytemestan dæge;


55   Soþlice min flæsc is mete ∧ min blod is drinc.


56   se ðe ytt min flæsc ∧ drincð min blod he wunað on me. ∧ ic on him.


57   swa swa lybbende fæder me sende ∧ ic lybbe þurh fæder ∧ se ðe me ytt he leofaþ þurh me.

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58   þis is se hlaf þe of heofonum c&odia;m. na swa swa ure fæderas æton heofonlicne mete ∧ deade wæron; Se þe ytt þysne hlaf he leofað on ecnysse;


59   Ðas þing he sæde on gesamnunge þa he lærde on capharnaum;


60   Manega his leorni[n]g-cnihta cwædon þa hig ðis gehyrdon; Heard is þeos spræc hwa mæg hig gehyran;


61   Ða wiste se hælend &thaet; his leorning-cnihtas murcnedon betweox him sylfon be þison. ∧ he cwæð to him &thaet; eow beswicð.


62   gyf ge geseoþ mannes sunu astigendne þær he ær wæs


63   gast is se ðe geliffæst flæsc ne fremað nan þing. þa word þe ic eow sæde synt gast ∧ l&idia;f.


64   Ac sume ge ne gelyfað; Witodlice se hælend wiste æt fruman. hwæt þa gelyfedan wæron ∧ hwa hine belæwon wolde.


65   ∧ he cwæð; Forþig ic eow sæde &thaet; nan man ne mæg cuman to me buton min fæder hit him sylle;


66   Syððan manega his leorning-cnihtas (sic) cyrdon. onbæc ∧ ne eodun mid him.


67   Ða cwæþ se hælynd to þam twelfum. cweðe ge wylle ge fram me.


68   þa ∧wyrde him simon Petrus ∧ cwæð; Drihten to hwam ga we þu hæfst eces lifes word

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69   ∧ we gelyfað ∧ witon &thaet; þu eart crist godes sunu;


70   Se hælend him ∧swarude ∧ cwæð. hu ne geceas ic eow twelfe ∧ eower an is deofol.


71   he hyt cwæþ be iuda scarioþe þes hine belæwde þa he wæs an þara TWELFA.
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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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