The Northern Way

Heliand In Old Saxon

Page 73

Cod. Cotton. Cap. XXIX., Monac. fol. 36ª
Contin.; Parabola feminantis in quadruplicem terram.
Matth. XIII. 1 - 8. Marc. IV. 1 - 8. Luc. VIII. 4 - 8.

  1. themu lande uppan· thea lera cudean. ac geng imu tho the godo·

  2. endi is iungaron mid imu· fridubarn godes· themu flode nahor· an

  3. en skip innan. endi it scalden het· lande rumur· that ina thea liudi

  4. so filu· thioda ni thrungi. Stod thegan manag· uuerod bi themu

  5. uuatare. thar uualdand crist· obar that liudio folc· lera sagde. ||

  6. Huat ik iu seggean mag quad he· gesidos mine. huo imu en erl bi-

  7. gan· an erdu sehan· hren corni mid is handun. Sum it an hardan

  8. sten· obanuuardan fel· erdon ni habda. that it thar mahti uuahsan.

  9. eftha uurteo gifahan. kinan eftha bicliben. ac uuard that corn

  10. farloren. that thar an theru leian gilag. Sum it eft an land

  11. biuel· an erdun adalcunnies. bigan imu aftar thiu· uuahsen

  12. uuanlico· endi uurteo fahan. hlod an lustun. uuas that land so god·

  13. franisco gifehod. Sum it eft biuallen uuard· an ena starca stra-

  14. tun. thar stopon gengun· hrosso hofslaga· endi helido trada·

  15. uuard imu thar an erdu. endi eft up gigeng. bigan imu an

  16. themu uuege uuahsen. Tho it eft thes uuerodes farnam· thes

  17. folkes fard mikil. endi fuglos alasun. that is themu ecsan

  18. uuiht· aftar ni moste· uuerdan te uuillean. thes thar an thene

  19. uueg biuel. Sum uuard it than biuallen. thar so filu sto-

  20. dun· thicchero thorno. an themu dage· uuard imu thar an

  21. erdu. endi eft up gigeng. ken imu thar endi cliuode. Tho

  22. sluggun thar eft crud an gimang. uueridun imu thene uuastom·

  23. habda it thes uualdes hlea· forana forgangan. that it ni mahte

  24. te enigaro frumu uuerden. ef it thea thornos. so thringan

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