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31 DECEMBER: ST. COLUMBA

    
3DE31 A 1 þa he ða ineode on þæt carcern ond
4hire togenealæhte, þa com ðider in ursa þæt deor,
5þæt is on ure geðeode byren, ond awearp hine to eorðan
6ond locade to þære godes fæmnan hwæþer
7heo sceolde hine cucene þe deadne.
8DE31 A 5 Ond þa bebead seo godes fæmne þære
9byrene þæt heo læge on þæs carcernes duru, ond heo
10ongan læran þone leasere þæt he gelyfde on Crist, ond he
11þæt geþafade.
12DE31 A 9 Ond seo byren hine let gangan of þæm
13carcerne, ond he þa sona clypode þurh ealle þa
14ceastre ond cwæþ, Se an god is soð god þone Columbe seo
15fæmne begangeð, ond nis ænig oþer butan þam.
16

THE BEGINNING OF JANUARY

    
17JA00 A 1 On ðone eahteþan geohheldæg bið þæs
18monðes fruma þe mon nemneð Ianuarius , þæt is on ure
19geðeode se æftera geola.
20JA00 A 3 Þæt bið se æresta geares monað mid
21Romwarum ond mid us.
22JA00 A 4 On ðæm monðe bið an ond þritig daga.

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1 JANUARY: OCTAVE OF CHRIST AND ST. MARY (CIRCUMCISION
24OF CHRIST)

    
25JA01 A 1 On ðone ærestan dæg þæs monðes bið
26Cristes eahteða dæg ond sancta Marian.
27JA01 A 2 On ðæm dæge Crist onfeng ða ealdan
28ymbsnidenysse ond ða ealdan clæsnunge Iudea folces,
29þæt þonne wæs þæt hie æghwelcum cnihtcilde ymbsnidon
30þæt werlice lim on ðæm eahteþan dæge æfter
31his acennysse, ond seo clæsnung him wæs swa halig swa us is
32fullwiht.
33JA01 A 8 Ond Crist forðon þa clæsnunge onfeng
34þæt he us mid þy getacnode þæt we sceolan
35aceorfan fram usse heortan unclæne geðohtas ond from
36lichoman unalefde dæde, gif we willað habban lif
37mid gode.
38JA01 A 12 Ond on þone eahteþan dæg menn sceopan
39Criste naman æfter ealdre wisan.
40JA01 A 14 Se nama wæs on Iudisc Ihesus ond on
41grecisc soter ond on læden saluator ond on ure
42geðeode hælend.
43JA01 A 16 Þone naman hæfde se engel sancta Marian
44gesæd, ær ðon þe heo geeacnad wære.
45

3 JANUARY: POPE ANTEROS

    
46JA03 A 1 On ðone þriddan dæg ðæs monðes bið
47þæs halgan papan tid þe is nemned sancte Antheri.
48JA03 A 2 He wæs Grecisces cynnes mon, ond he sæt
49on sancte Petres setle on Rome þreottyne gear
50on Maximianus dagum þæs caseres, ond he geþrowade martyrdom
51for Criste, ond his lichoma is
52bebyrged on ðæm mynstre ðe we nemnað Calistes mynster.

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5 JANUARY: ST. EMILIANA

    
54JA05 A 1 On ðone fiftan dæg þæs monðes bið
55sancte Emelianan tid ðære fæmnan, þæt wæs sancte
56Gregorius faðe ðæs þe us fulwiht onsænde.
57JA05 A 3 Hire ætywde on nihtlicre gesyhðe hire
58swyster gast ond cwæþ to hire, Butan þe ic dede
59þone halgan dæg æt drihtnes acennisse,
60ac ic do mid þe ðone halgan dæg æt drihtnes ætywnesse,
61þæt is se drihtnes halga twelfta dæg,
62drihtnes fullwihtes dæg.
63

6 JANUARY: EPIPHANY, BAPTISM OF CHRIST ETC.

    
64JA06 A 1 On ðone sextan dæg þæs monðes bið se
65micla ond se mæra dæg þone Grecas nemnað
66Epiphania , ond Romware hine nemnað aparitia domini ,
67þæt is on ure geþeode drihtnes ætywnesse dæg.
68JA06 A 4 On ðam dæge he gecyþde mid þæm mæstum
69wundrum feowerum þæt he wæs soð god.
70JA06 A 6 Þæt æreste wundor wæs þæt þreo
71tungolcræftegan coman fram eastdæles mægðum to Criste þa
72þa he wæs cild, ond him mon brohte gold to gefe.
73JA06 A 10 On ðæm wæs getacnod þæt he wæs
74soð cyning.
75JA06 A 12 Oðer him brohte recels, on ðæm wæs
76getacnod þæt he wæs soð god.
77JA06 A 15 Se þridda him brohte myrran þa wyrt, on
78þon wæs getacnod þæt he wæs deadlic mon, ond
79þæt he þurh his anes deað ealle geleaffulle men gefreode
80fram ecum deaðe.
81JA06 A 17 Ond on ðone ylcan dæg Crist onfeng
82fulwihte on Iordane fram Iohanne þæm fulwere, ond
83he wæs þa on

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84ðritiges geara ylde se hælend, þa he þæm fulwihte
85onfeng.
86JA06 A 19 Ond on þone dæg æt sumum brydþingum
87Crist gecerde sex fatu full wætres to ðæm betestan
88wine.
89JA06 A 21 On æghwelc þara fata mihte twegen mittan
90oþþe ðreo.
91JA06 A 22 Ond on ðone ylcan dæg Crist gereorde
92fif ðusenda wera of fif hlafum ond of twam
93fixum, eac wifum ond cildum, þara wæs ungerim, ond þara
94hlafgebroca wæs to lafe twelf binna fulle.
95

6 JANUARY: ST. JULIAN, BASILISSA

    
96JA06 B 1 On ðone ylcan dæg bið þæs æþelan
97weres þrowung se is nemned sanctus Iulianus, þæs
98lichoma resteð in Antiochia þære ceastre.
99JA06 B 3 Se sona on his cnihthade ðeowade gode on
100clænnesse, ond his yldran hine þa genyddon
101on his geogoðe þæt he onfeng æþele bryd, seo wæs on
102naman Basilissa.
103JA06 B 7 Ond ða þære forman brydniht, þa hi twa
104wæron on ðæm brydbure, þa com þær ærest
105wundorlic stenc, ond æfter ðæm stence heofonlic leoht.
106JA06 B 9 Ond æfter þæm leohte Crist self þær
107ætewde mid engla werede.
108JA06 B 11 Ond ða for þære gesihðe fægernesse
109ðe hi gesawon ond ðæm wordum ðe hi gehyrdon hi
110wunedan a
111clæne, he mid werum ond heo mid fæmnum.
112JA06 B 14 Þes Iulianus awehte hæþenne man of
113deaðe, ond se wæs siððan gefullad.
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115helle siðfæte swylc sarspell swylce næfre ær on men
116ne becom ne naht oft siððan.
117

6 JANUARY: POPE TELESPHORUS

    
118JA06 C 1 On ðone ilcan dæg bið þæs papan tid
119þe is nemned ðelesfor, se wæs Grecisces cynnes.
120JA06 C 2 He sæt on ðæm papsetle ændlefen gear
121ond þry monað on þara casere dagum Antonius ond
122Marcus.
123JA06 C 4 Ond ðes papa wæs eft Cristes martyr, ond
124his lichoma resteð neah sancte Petres
125lichoman.
126JA06 C 6 Þes papa gesette ærest manna þæt man
127fæste on Rome syfon wucan ær eastran, ond he
128gesette ærest þæt man sang gloria in excelsis deo
129þone lofsang foran to mæssan.
130

9 JANUARY: ST. PEGA

    
131JA09 A 1 On ðone nygeðan dæg ðæs monðes bið
132sancte Pegean geleornes ðære halgan fæmnan.
133JA09 A 3 Heo wæs sancte Gutlaces swyster þæs
134ancran, ond æfter his geleornisse heo dyde blindum
135men þæt sealt on eage þæt he ær gehalgode, ond he mihte
136sona geseon.

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10 JANUARY: ST. PAUL THE HERMIT

    
138JA10 A 1 On ðone teoþan dæg þæs monðes bið
139sancte Paules tid.
140JA10 A 2 Se wæs sextyne geara þa he ærest on
141þæt westen gewat, ond he wunade þær oþþæt he
142hæfde ðreo ond hundændleftig wintra.
143JA10 A 4 Þær he næfre naht oþres ne geseah ne
144ne gehyrde butan leona grymetunge ond wulfa
145gerar, ond æt þæs westenes æppla ond ðæt wæter
146dranc of his holre hand.
147JA10 A 8 Ond ða ætnehstan fedde hine an hræfn
148sextig geara, se him brohte æghwelce dæge
149healfne hlaf.
150JA10 A 10 Ond ða hwæne ær his ende com him to
151sanctus Antonius se ancra, ond ða sona brohte
152him se hræfn gehalne hlaf.
153JA10 A 12 Se Antonius geseah ðæs Paules saule
154swa hwite swa snauw stigan to heofonum betweoh
155engla þreatas ond haligra manna þreatas.
156JA10 A 15 Ond twegen leon adulfan his byrgenne on
157ðæs westenes sande.
158JA10 A 17 Þær resteð Paules lichoma mid yfelice
159duste bewrigen, ac on domes dæge EDITION: domesdæge
160he ariseð on wuldor.
161

12 JANUARY: ST. BENEDICT BISHOP

    
162JA12 A 1 On twelftan dæg þæs monðes bið sancte
163Benedictes tid þæs halgan abbodes, se wæs
164Angelcynnes man.
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166micle æþelra for gode.
167JA12 A 4 Ond ða he wæs on fif ond twentigum
168geara, þa ferde he to Rome, ond ðær ond on oðrum
169manegum æþelum mynstrum he leornade gastlice ðeodscipas.
170JA12 A 7 Ond he onfeng preosthades scare on ðæs
171ealandes mynstre EDITION: mynster ðe is nemned Lerinensi,
172ond he hwerfde eft to eþle.
173JA12 A 9 Ond he getimbrade on Brytene æþele
174mynster on ðære stowe þe is cweden æt Wiremuðan
175ond ðæt gehalgode gode ond sancte Petre ond ða ciricean
176æþellice gefretwade ge mid godcunde wisdome
177ge mid woroldlicum frætwum ofersæwiscum ond ða ðæs
178æfter sextene gearum þa forlet he þone
179læmnan ofn ðæs mænniscan lichoman, ond se gast fleah freo
180to ðam upplican MS DITTOGRAPHY upplican wuldre.
181

13 JANUARY: ST. HILARY OF POITIERS

    
182JA13 A 1 On ðone ðreottegan dæg þæs monðes
183bið ðæs halgan biscopes gemynd sancte Hilaries, he
184wæs on ðære ceastre Pictauie.
185JA13 A 3 Se wæs sancte Martines lareow, ond he
186awehte deadne man of deaðe.
187

14 JANUARY: ST. FELIX

    
188JA14 A 1 On ðone feowerteogðan dæg þæs monðes
189bið sancte Felices tid mæssepreostes on Rome

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190on ðære stowe þe Pincis is nemned.
191JA14 A 3 Þone rice men hæþne þreadon þæt he
192Criste wiðsoce ond hæþengeldum gelyfde.
193JA14 A 5 Þa he þæt nolde, he wæs nacod ond on carcern
194onsænded ond þær wæs understregd mid sæscellum ond
195mid scearpum stanum, ond þa godes engel on ðære ilcan
196niht tobręc ðæs carcernes duru ond hine
197þonan alædde.
198

16 JANUARY: POPE MARCELLUS

    
199JA16 A 1 On ðone sexteoðan dæg ðæs monðes
200þonne bið sancte Marcelles tid þæs papan.
201JA16 A 2 Ðone papan Maxentius, Romeburge ealdormon,
202nedde þæt he his fullwihte wiðsoce ond
203deofolgeldum gelyfde.
204JA16 A 4 Ða he þæt
205ne geðafode, þa het he on
206ðæs papan ciericean gestællan his blancan ond
207monig oðer neat, ond he genydde þone papan þæt he þæm
208þenade.
209JA16 A 9 Ond on ðæm ðeowdome he geendade his lif
210ond his lichoma resteð arwyrðlice on ðæm
211mynstre Priscille on ðæm wege Salarię.
212

16 JANUARY: ST. FURSA

    
213JA16 B 1 On ðone ilcan dæg bið þæs
214mæssepreostes geleornis se wæs nemned sancte Furseus.
215JA16 B 4 Se wæs acenned in Hibernia mægðe,
216þæt is on Scotta lande.
217JA16 B 6 Þæs gast wæs neahterne of lichoman
218alæded, ond he geseah ma ondryrrlices ond eac

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219wuldorlices þonne he mihte monnum asecgan, ond seo gesihð him
220wæs on swa micelre gemynde þæt he on ðæm
221miclan wintres cele, þonne he ymb þæt þohte oþþe
222spræc, ðonne aswætte he eall, ond eft on ðære
223miclan sumeres hæte, ðonne he his siðfæt gemunde, þonne
224ablacode he eall ond abifode.
225JA16 B 12 Ond ða ða godes englas eft his gast
226brohtan to þæm lichoman, þa locade he on his
227agenne lichoman swa swa on uncuðne hræw, ond he nolde næfre
228eft on ðone lichoman, gif he nyde ne
229sceolde.
230JA16 B 16 Þes Fursing gewat eft of Scottum on
231Brytone, ond on Eastengla mægðe he getimbrede
232fæger mynster, þæt is geceged Cnofesburh.
233JA16 B 18 Ðæt he dyde on Sigeberhtes dagum
234þæs cyninges.
235JA16 B 19 Ond þanon he gewat ofer sæ in Gallia
236mægðe to Clodfeo, Francna cyninge, ond ðær his
237dagas geendade.
238JA16 B 21 Ond his lichoma resteð on ðæm tune
239Ferano, ond his geearnunga þær wæron oft beorhte
240gecyþed.
241

17 JANUARY: ST. ANTONY THE HERMIT

    
242JA17 A 1 On ðone seofenteoþan dæg þæs monðes
243bið seo geleornes þæs halgan munuces sancte
244Antonies.
245JA17 A 3 Se gewat on westen ða he wæs on
246twentigum geara, ond on ðæm he wunade, oþþæt he wæs
247on fif ond hundteontigum geara, ond on fruman he þær wunade
248twentig geara, swa he nænigne oþerne
249mon ne geseah.
250JA17 A 7 Ðær he fæste hwilum twegen dagas,
251hwilum þry tosomne, ond ðonne he mete þigde,

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252ðonne wæs
253þæt hlaf ond sealt ond lytel wætres drync.
254JA17 A 10 Ond hine þær deofla costodon mid
255ofermæte unclæne luste, efne swa þæt hi eodon on
256niht to him on geglengedra wifa hiwe.
257JA17 A 12 Ðær he geseah eac þone fulan gast þe
258men lærð unalyfede lustas.
259JA17 A 14 Þæt wæs sweart cniht ond lytel ond
260egeslic, ond he him sæde sylf þæt his nama wære
261spiritus fornicationis , þæt is dernes geligeres gast.
262JA17 A 17 Hwilum ða deofol hine swungan þæt he
263ne mihte hine astyrigean ne noht cweðan.
264JA17 A 19 Hwilum hi hine bylgedon on swa fearras ond
265ðuton eallswa wulfas.
266JA17 A 20 Hwilum hi him bæron to gold ond seolfer
267ond him ætywdon in arwyrðestan hiwe, ond hi
268him bæran mettas to ond hine bædon þæt he þa þigde.
269JA17 A 23 Þonne sænade he hine, þonne glad þæt
270deofol ut mid his leasunge swa swa smyc æt his
271eagdura.
272JA17 A 25 Antonius wunade on ðæm ytemestan ænde
273eorðan ymbhwyrftes on Egypta westenne, ond he
274wæs hwæþre mære geond ealne middangeard.
275JA17 A 28 Ond þa he his dagas geendade, þa
276ongeatan þæt his þegnas twegen þæt hine openlice
277englas læddon to heofenum, ond his lichoma resteð on ðære
278miclan ceastre Alexandria.
279

17 JANUARY: ST. SPEUSIPPUS, ELEUSIPPUS, MELEUSIPPUS

    
280JA17 B 1 On ðone ilcan dæg bið þreora cnihta
281tid, þa wæron getwinnas, ond hi wæron nemde sanctus

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282Speosippus ond sanctus Elasippus ond sanctus Melasippus.
283JA17 B 4 Þa hæfdon cristene modar ond hæþenne
284fæder, ond þurh heora yldran modor lare hi
285gelyfdon gode, ond hwæþre næron hi na gefulwade, forðon
286hæðne caseras hæfdon ofslegen ealle biscopas
287ond mæssepreostas.
288JA17 B 8 Þas cnihtas þry fram þrym deman wæron
289nedde þæt hi godes geleafan wiðsocan.
290JA17 B 10 Þa hi þæt ne geþafedon, þa heton
291þa deman micel fyr onbærnan ond ða cnihtas ahon on
292an treow ond byran to þæm fyre.
293JA17 B 13 Ða cwædon hi to heora yldran medder,
294Beo þu nu ure gemyndig on þinum gebedum.
295JA17 B 15 Ond þonne þu hlaf brece ond metes onfo,
296þonne sæna þu þa cruman for us ðe of þinum
297beode feallen þæt we moton bergan of þæs heofonlican
298cyninges gereordum, þeah ðe we næron mid
299fulwihte her on eorðan onðwægen.
300JA17 B 19 Ða cwæð seo yldre modar,
301Cnihtas, beoð orsorge, eower blod eow fulwað, ond eower
302martyrdom eow gelædeþ to Cristes gereordum.
303JA17 B 22 Þa wæron þa cnihtas on ðæt fer
304onsænded.
305JA17 B 23 Ða ne onhran þæt fyr him no, ac hi
306onsændon heora gast to gode swa swa þreo lamb.
307JA17 B 25 Ond seo cierece on þære þe heora
308lichoma resteð is neah Lingonabyrig, þa man
309nemneð æt sanctos geminos , æt þæm halgum getwinnum.

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18 JANUARY: ST. PRISCA; CONSECRATION OF ST. PETER'S
311CHURCH

    
312JA18 A 1 On ðone eahtateoþan dæg bið ðære
313halgan fæmnan sancte Prisce, ðære lichoma resteþ on
314Rome, ond hire gemynd sceal beon mærsod on eallum cierecum.
315JA18 A 5 On ðy ilcan dæge sancte Peter gehalgode
316ærest cierecean on Rome.
317

19 JANUARY: ST. ANANIAS, PETRUS ETC.

    
318JA19 A 1 On ðone nigonteoþan dæg þæs monðes
319þonne bið þæs mæssepreostes gemynd sancte Annani in
320Biððinie ðære mægðe.
321JA19 A 3 On Dioclitianus dagum þæs hæþenan
322caseres he wæs on carcern sænded twelf dagas butan
323mete, ond þa æfter twelf dagum com se carcernweard, se
324wæs nemned Petrus.
325JA19 A 6 Þa geseah he sittan ðone halgan gast on
326culfran hiwe on ðæs carcernes eagdura ond spræc
327to Annani þæm godes men ond eft fleogan to heofonum.
328JA19 A 10 Þa gelefde se carcernweard gode.
329JA19 A 10 Þa het sum hæþen gerefa hi begen
330belucan on fyrenum bæþe, ond ymb þreo niht hi eodon
331gesunde of ðæm.
332JA19 A 13 Ða gesegon þæt seofon cæmpan, þa
333gelyfdon þa for ðæm wundre.
334JA19 A 14 Þa het se gerefa heora ælcum gebindan
335leades bloman on heora swyran ond sændon on widsæwes
336grund.
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338ond afeoll ðæt lead of him, ond hi onsendon
339heora gastas to Gode.
340JA19 A 18 Ond þa lichoman coman to þam waroðe,
341ðær cristene men hi bebyrgdon mid micelre are.
342JA19 A 20 Ond þær wæron siððan on ðære stowe
343monegu wundor.
344JA19 A 21 Ond se gerefa þe hi cwellan het, se wæs
345sona mid swa miclum sare gewitnad, þæt he
346nolde læng libban, ac he het his agene men hine sændan on
347ðone sæ, ond þa sædeor hine sona
348forswulgon, þæt his ne com þy furðor an ban to eorðan.
349

20 JANUARY: ST. SEBASTIAN

    
350JA20 A 1 On ðone twentigþan dæg ðæs monðes
351bið sancte Sebastianes tid þæs æþelan martyres, ðone
352Dioclitianus se casere, he wæs hæþen, he het hine mid
353strælum ofscotian, þæt he wæs ðara swa full
354swa igl þæt deor bið byrsta, ond midðy he hine ne mihte
355swa acwellan.
356JA20 A 6 Ða het he hine mid stengum ðyrcsan oþþæt
357he his gast onsende.
358JA20 A 8 Ond his lichoma wæs gebyrged æt Rome on
359ðære stowe Catacumbe.
360

20 JANUARY: POPE FABIAN

    
361JA20 B 1 On ðone ilcan dæg bið sancte Fabianes
362tid þæs halgan papan.
363JA20 B 2 Þæm wæs þurh haligne gast

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364getacnod þæt he onfenge Romeburge biscopdome.
365JA20 B 4 Culfre com fleogan of heofonum ond gesæt
366ofer his heafde.
367JA20 B 5 Ond he hæfde ðære burge biscopdom
368þreottyne gear ond ændlefen monað ond twelf dagas,
369ond he geðrowade eft on Decies dagum þæs caseres martyrdom
370for Criste, ond his lichoma resteð in
371Calistes mynster æt Rome.
372

20 JANUARY: ST. MARIUS, MARTHA, AUDIFAX, ABACUC

    
373JA20 C 1 On ðone ilcan dæg bið þara haligra
374gesinhina tid þa coman of Perscwara mægðe to Rome
375ond ðær geþrowadan æþelne martyrdom for Criste, ond heora
376suna twegen mid him.
377JA20 C 4 Þæs weres nama wæs Marius ond þæs
378wifes nama wæs Marða ond ðara suna naman wæron
379Audifax ond Abbacuc.
380

21 JANUARY: ST. AGNES

    
381JA21 A 1 On ðone an ond twentigðan dæg bið
382sancta Agnan þrowung ðære halgan fæmnan.
383JA21 A 2 Seo geþrowade martyrdom for Criste þa
384heo wæs þreottene geara.
385JA21 A 4 Þa fæmnan Simfronius, Romeburge gerefa,
386ongan þreatian his suna to wife.
387JA21 A 5 Þa heo þæt nolde, þa het he hi nacode
388lædan to sumum scandhuse, þær hire brohte godes
389engel swylcne gerelan, swylcne næfre nænig fulwa, þæt is
390nænig webwyrhta, þæt mihte don on eorðan.
391JA21 A 9 Ðæs burhgerefan
392sunu wolde ræsan on hi on ðæm scandhuse

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393ond hi bysmrian,
394ac fram deoflum forbroden he aslat.
395JA21 A 12 Þa cwædon Romware þæt heo wære
396dryegge ond scinlæce, ond hire man bestang sweord on
397ða hracan, ond ðus heo onsende hire gast to gode.
398JA21 A 15 Ond hire lichoma resteð neah Romebyrig
399on ðæm wege þe hi nemnað Numentana.
400JA21 A 16 Ond naht lange æfter hire þrowunge heo
401ætywde hire yldrum on middeniht þær hi
402wacedon æt hire byrgenne, ond heo cwæþ to him, Ne wepað
403git me na swa ic dead sy, ac beoð me efenbliðe,
404forðon þe ic eom to Criste on heofonum geþeoded ðone ic
405ær on eorðan lufade.
406

22 JANUARY: ST. VINCENT

    
407JA22 A 1 On ðone twa ond twentigðan dæg þæs
408monðes bið sancte Uincentes ðrowung þæs diacones, se
409þrowade in Hispania ðære mægðe on ðære ceastre
410Falentia.
411JA22 A 4 Þær Datianus se casere nydde Ualerium
412þone biscop ond ðone ylcan diacon Uincentium to
413hæþenscipe.
414JA22 A 6 Þa swygode se biscop.
415JA22 A 6 Ða cwæþ se diacon to þam biscope,
416Clypa ongen þissum deofles hunde þe þe on beorceð
417EDITION: onbeorceð .
418JA22 A 8 Þa het se casere forlætan ðone biscop
419ond ðone diacon miclum witum underþeodan, ac ne
420mihte he mid nænge þara hine acwellan ne hine genydan
421þæt he Criste wiðsoce, ac he mid micelre
422blisse ðone sigefæstan gast to gode onsænde.
423JA22 A 13 Ond se

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424casere þa bebead þæt hine man
425forlete unbyrgedne, þæt hine fuglas ond wilde deor
426forswulgon.
427JA22 A 16 Ða com þærto blæc fugel, hæfde micele
428feðra, ond swift, se adraf ealle þa oþre fuglas
429ond þa wildan deor fram þæm lichoman.
430JA22 A 18 Ða het se casere hine wurpan on widsæ.
431JA22 A 19 Ða ferede hine godes hand þider þær
432hine cristne men siððan a wulderlice aredon.
433

22 JANUARY: ST. ANASTASIUS

    
434JA22 B 1 On ðone ilcan dæg bið þæs halgan weres
435ðrowung sancti Anastasi , se wæs ærest dry in
436Persida mægðe ond ða æfter þon gelyfde Criste.
437JA22 B 3 Ond Cossra, Persida cining, hine het ahon
438be oþerre hand ond hine nydde þæt he wiðsoce
439godes geleafan.
440JA22 B 6 Þa he þæt ne geðafade, þa het se
441cining hine beheafdian.
442JA22 B 7 Þa Heraclius se casere
443genam his lichoman mid herge in Persida mægðe ond lædde to
444Rome, ond he resteð þær on sancte Paules mynstre æt þæm
445wætrum þe hi nemnað Aquas Saluias.
446JA22 B 11 Ond þær mon byrð his heafod on ðas
447dagas cristenum mannum to reliquium.
448

23 JANUARY: ST. EMERENTIANA

    
449JA23 A 1 On ðone ðreo ond twentigðan dæg bið
450þære halgan fæmnan tid sancte Emerentiane, seo wæs

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451afeded mid sancte Agnan, þære halgan fæmnan, ond swiðe
452anrædlice heo ætwat ðæm hæþnum on Rome
453heora dysignesse, ond heo wæs stæned fram him, oþþæt heo
454hire gast onsænde.
455JA23 A 6 Ond þa sona com þunerrad ond legetsleht
456ond ofsloh ðone mæstan dæl þæs hæþnan folces þe
457hi stænde.
458JA23 A 8 Ond hire lichoma resteþ on ðære ylcan
459ciricean on Rome þær sancte Agnan lichoma
460resteð.
461

24 JANUARY: ST. BABYLAS ETC.

    
462JA24 A 1 On ðone feower ond twentigðan dæg þæs
463monðes bið sancte Babylles tid þæs halgan
464biscopes in Antiochia þære ceastre.
465JA24 A 3 Se biscop mid cristene folce forstod
466cirican duru a Numeri ðæm hæþnan kasere.
467JA24 A 5 He cwæþ to him, Ne gang þu na on godes
468hus, ðu hafast besmitene handa ond þu eart
469deofles wulf.
470JA24 A 7 Ond þa het se kasere hine beheafdian ond
471his cnihtas þry mid hine, þara wæs an twelf
472geara, oþer nigan geara ond se þridda seofan geara.
473JA24 A 10 Ond ðara cnihta naman wæron Urbanus,
474Prilidanus, Epolanus.
475JA24 A 11 Ðis wæs swiðe clæne biscop, ond his
476clænnes swiðe mære wæs.

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477

25 JANUARY: THE CONVERSION OF ST. PAUL

    
478JA25 A 1 On ðone fif ond twentigðan dæg þæs
479monðes bið sancte Paules gehwerfnes to Criste.
480JA25 A 2 Se wæs ær nemned Sauwlus ond he wæs
481cristenra manna ehtere ær ond cwellere.
482JA25 A 4 Ond ða færinga on midne dæg com leoht
483ofer hine of heofonum, ond stefn clypade þus
484cweðende, Sawlus, Saulus, hwæt ehtes ðu me?
485JA25 A 7 Ic eom Ihesus, ðæt is hælend, þone þu
486ehtest.
487JA25 A 8 Ond þa æfter ðissum he onfeng
488fullwihte, ond his nama wæs Paulus geciged, ond he wæs
489ealra cristenra ðeoda lareow, forðon he is nemned ofer
490ealle oðre se æþela ðeoda lareow.
491

27? FEBRUARY: DISCOVERY OF THE HEAD OF ST. JOHN THE
492BAPTIST; THE END OF FEBRUARY

    
493FE28 A 1 Sanctus Iohannes hine þæm men on niht ond
494hine het gewitan mid þy heafde on Fenice þære
495mægðe on ða burh Emisena.
496FE28 A 3 Swa þæt Iohannes heafod ferde.
497FE28 A 4 Hwilum hit hæfdon geleaffulle men, hwilum
498swiðe ungeleaffulle, ond æghwær hit scan
499mid godcundum wundrum.

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500FE28 A 7 Ðonne se solmonað bið geendod, þonne
501bið seo niht feowertyne tida lang, ond se dæg tyn tida.
502

THE BEGINNING OF MARCH

    
503MA00 A 1 On ðæm þriddan monðe on geare bið an
504ond þrittig daga, ond se monð is nemned on læden
505Martius ond on ure geþeode hredmonað.
506

2 MARCH: ST. CHAD

    
507MA02 A 1 On þone æfteran dæg þæs monðes bið
508þæs biscopes geleornes sancte Ceaddan.
509MA02 A 2 Ond þæs wundor ond lif Beda se leornere
510wrat on Angelcynnes bocum.
511MA02 A 4 Ðone Ceaddan ðyder se ercebiscop nam be
512norðan gemære on ðæm mynstre Læstenga yge ond
513hine asænde Myrceon to biscope ond Middelenglum ond
514Lindesfarum, ond openlice godes englas læddon
515hine mid wynsume sange to heofonum.
516MA02 A 8 Ond þæt gehyrde his godes þeow sum,
517þæs nama wæs Owine.
518MA02 A 10 Ond sancte Ecgberht se ancra sægde
519Higebalde þæm abbode þæt Ceaddes sauwl ðæs biscopes
520come of heofonum mid engla weorode ond fette his broþor
521sawle to heofonum.
522MA02 A 13 Þæs biscopes lichoma resteþ æt
523Licettfelda on ðæm mynstre.

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524

4 MARCH: ST. ADRIAN, NATALIA

    
525MA04 A 1 On ðone feorðan dæg þæs monðes bið
526sancte Adrianes ðrowung þæs æþelan weres, se wæs ðæs
527caseres ðegnscipes ealdorman, ðe
528Maximianus wæs nemned.
529MA04 A 4 Ða geseah he hu anræde þa cristenan
530men wæron, þa gelyfde he Criste ond þrowade
531micelne martyrdom for Criste.
532MA04 A 6 Adrianus wæs geong ond ænlic on eahta ond
533twentigum geara, ond he hæfde æþele bryd, seo
534wæs on naman Nataleę, ond syxtyne monað hi wæron somod.
535MA04 A 9 Seo hine lærde þæt he næfre godes
536geleafan forlete ond þæt nænig woruldfægernes æfre
537his geðoht oncerde.
538MA04 A 12 Ond æfter þan ðe he hæfde martyrdom
539geðrowad for gode, ða genam heo sancte Adrianes
540hand, seo him wæs ofacorfen, ond heo begeat þa mid
541deorwyrðum wyrtum ond bewand on godwebbe ond
542asette æt hire heafdum on hire ræste ond hire hæfde þa to
543hihte.
544MA04 A 17 Þa ongan oðer rice man hæþen hi
545laðian to his gesynscipe.
546MA04 A 19 Þa weop heo ond cwæð, drihten god,
547gefultuma me, þinre þeowenne, þæt ic næfre gewemme
548Adrianes brydræste ðines martyres.
549MA04 A 21 Ond ða genam heo þa hand ane ond astag
550on scip ond lað of Nicomedia ceastre in
551Bisantiam ðone tun ofer ðone sæ, þyder cristne men hæfdon
552gelæded Adrianus lichoman.
553MA04 A 25 Ða on middeniht ða oncierde þæt scip
554on wonne siðfæt þurh deofles beswicennesse.
555MA04 A 27 Ða ætywde þær sona Adrianus sittende
556on medmiclum scipe ond clypade on þæt scip þe
557þæt wif on wæs mid þære hand ond

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558cwæð, Ferað nu swa swa
559eowre seglas sendon geseted, se wind eow lædeþ.
560MA04 A 31 Þa aras Natalia ond geseah þæt sanctus
561Adrianus him lað beforan.
562MA04 A 33 Heo þa gefeonde cwæþ, Ecce dominus
563meus Hona la min hlaford.
564MA04 A 34 Ond þa sona ne mihte heo hine geseon.
565MA04 A 35 Heo þa lað on ðone tun þær se lichoma
566wæs ond asette þa hand to þæm lichoman ond hire
567þær gebæd ond þa hwon onslep, forðon þe heo wæs on
568þære sæ swiðe geswenced.
569MA04 A 38 Ða ætywde sanctus Adrianus hire on ðæm
570slæpe ond cwæð hire to, Wel þu come, ac cum to
571us on ece reste.
572MA04 A 41 Ond ða sona onsende heo hire gast to
573gode.
574

7 MARCH: ST. PERPETUA, FELICITY

    
575MA07 A 1 On ðone seofoðan dæg þæs monðes bið
576þara haligra wifa gemynd sancta Perpetuan ond
577sancta Felicitatis, ðara lichoma resteþ on Cartagine þære
578miclan ceastre on Affrica mægðe.
579MA07 A 4 Þære Perpetuan mætte þa heo wæs on
580mædenhade þæt heo wære on wæres
581hiwe ond ðæt heo hæfde sweord on handa ond ðæt
582heo stranglice fuhte mid þy.
583MA07 A 8 Þæt wæs eall eft on hire martyrdome
584gefylled, ða heo mid werlice geðohte deofol
585oferswiðde ond þa hæþnan ehteras.
586MA07 A 10 Ðonne wæs seo Felicitatis cristen wif,
587ond heo wæs mid bearne

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588ða heo wæs for Criste on carcern onsænded.
589MA07 A 12 Þa woldan þa ehteras hi forþon
590forlætan.
591MA07 A 13 Ða weop heo ond bæd god þæt he hire
592ðæt bearn framadyde, ond þa acende heo hit on
593ðære ylcan niht on ðone seofoðan monað þæs beorðres.
594MA07 A 16 Ond heo geþrowade martyrdom for Criste.
595

7 MARCH: ST. EASTORWINE

    
596MA07 B 1 On ðone ilcan dæg bið þæs halgan
597abbodes geleornes, se wæs nemned Eastorwine.
598MA07 B 2 Se wæs her on Brytene on sancte Petres
599mynstre æt Wiremuðan.
600MA07 B 3 Þæt wæs swiðe æþele wer for worolde
601ond for gode micle æþelra.
602MA07 B 5 He wæs Ecgferðes þegn ðæs cyninges,
603ac he forlet þa wæpna ond ða woruldlican wisan ond
604eode on þæt mynster ond wæs þær mæssepreost ond abbod.
605MA07 B 8 Ond hweþre he wæs for gode swa eaðmod
606þæt he sulh heold ond on iren sloh ond corn
607ðærsc ond þæt windwode ond ewa mealc ond ða cealfas to
608cuum lædde ond hlafas brædde ond leac sette.
609MA07 B 12 Ond þa he wæs on feower ond twentigum
610geara æfter twelf gearum ðæs þe he wæs on ðæm
611mynstre, ða forlet he þa eorðlican lima ond gesohte þa
612heofonlico rico.
613MA07 B 16 Ond þy dæge þe he his gast on niht
614onsænde he sæt ute on sunnan ond eallum ðæm
615wependum broðrum ond gnorniendum he sealde sibbecoss.

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616

9 MARCH: FORTY SOLDIERS OF SEBASTEA

    
617MA09 A 1 On ðone nygeðan dæg ðæs monðes bið
618feowertiges cæmpena ðrowung on Sebastia ðære ceastre
619on Licinis tidum ðæs cyninges.
620MA09 A 3 Þæt wæron strange weras ond sigefæste
621on woroldgefeohtum, ond hwæþre arwyrðlice gode
622herdon.
623MA09 A 5 Ða ongan þære burge gerefa, se wæs on
624naman Agriculaus, ond ðara cæmpena ealdorman, se
625wæs on naman Lyssiarchus, hi neddon þæt hi Criste
626wiðsocan.
627MA09 A 8 Þa hi þæt ne geðafedan, þa hetan hi on
628æfenne on swiðe cealdum
629winde weorpan hi on deopne mere.
630MA09 A 10 On ðæm mere wæs micel is ond yfel, ond
631þær wæs hat bæþ bi þæm mere, þæt gif heora
632hwilc on his geleafan getweode, þæt he gebuge to þæm.
633MA09 A 13 Þa on forewearde niht snað þæt is
634ðara haligra lichoman.
635MA09 A 14 Þa getweode heora an on his mode ond arn
636to þæm hatan baðe ond wæs sona dead, ond him
637þa lima ealle tofeollan.
638MA09 A 17 Ða on niht com leoht of heofonum swa
639hat swa sunne bið on sumera, ond þæt is gemelte,
640ond þæt wæter wearð wearm.
641MA09 A 19 Ond þara wearda sum geseah ðæt of
642heofonum com an læs feowertig wuldorbeaga ofer þa
643cæmpan.
644MA09 A 21 Þa ongeat he þæt se wæs gode wiðcoren
645se þe on ðæt bæþ eode.
646MA09 A 23 Þa gecerde se weard to Criste ond awearp
647his hrægl him of ond hleop on ðone mere ond
648stod on ðara midle ond mid him þurh martyrdom his gast to
649gode onsænde.

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650

12 MARCH: POPE GREGORY THE GREAT

    
651MA12 A 1 On ðone twelftan dæg ðæs monðes bið
652sancte Gregorius THE WORD gregories HAS THE LETTER v WRITTEN
653ABOVE THE SECOND e IN THE MS geleornes ures fæder, se us
654fullwiht onsænde on ðas Brytene.
655MA12 A 3 He is ure altor , ond we syndan his
656alumni .
657MA12 A 4 Ðæt is ðæt he is ure festerfæder on
658Criste, ond we syndon his festerbearn on
659fullwihte.
660MA12 A 6 Gregorius geþingade mid his tearum ond mid
661his gebedan Traianus sauwle ðæs hæþnan
662caseres þæt hine god of helle gefreode ond on reste gelædde.
663MA12 A 9 Ond Gregorius cnihta sum geseah hwite
664culfran of heofonum ond sittan on Gregorius
665heafde ond him eþode on ðone muð þone godcundan wisdom þe
666he on bocum wrat.
667

13 MARCH: ST. MACEDONIUS, PATRICIA, MODESTA

    
668MA13 A 1 On ðone þreotegðan dæg ðæs monðes
669bið þæs mæssepreostes tid sancte Macedones ond his
670wifes, seo wæs nemned Patricie, ond his dohtar ðære nama
671wæs Modestę.

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672

18 MARCH: THE FIRST DAY OF CREATION

    
673MA18 A 1 Ond tosced on twa dæg ond niht.

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674

19 MARCH: THE SECOND DAY OF CREATION

    
675MA19 A 1 On ðone nygonteogðan dæg monðes bið se
676æftera worolde
677dæg.
678MA19 A 2 On ðæm dæge god gescop ðone rodor
679betweoh heofone ond eorðan ond betweoh ðæm twam
680sæum, ðæm uplican ond þæm niðerlican.
681MA19 A 5 Se uplica sæ is to þæm geseted þæt he
682celeð ðære tungla hæto, ðy læs heo to swiðe
683bærne þas nyþerlican gesceafte, ond se rodor ymbfehð utan
684eall ðas niðerlican gescæfte, sæ ond eorðan,
685swa seo scell ymbfehð þæt æg, swa leorneras secgað.

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686

19 MARCH: ST. GREGORY NAZIANZEN

    
687MA19 B 1 On ðone ilcan dæg bið sancte Gregories
688tid þæs clænan biscopes, se wæs on ðære ceastre
689Nazasenie.
690MA19 B 3 Ðæm biscope æteawdon on hys
691geogoðe ðurh nihtlice gesihð fægre fæmnan ond cwædon to
692him, Wit sendon ðine sweostra, ond Crist unc sende to þe,
693ond wit sceolon a beon mid þe þenden ðu
694leofast.
695MA19 B 7 Ond uncer oðer hatte Sapientię, oðer
696Castitas.
697MA19 B 8 Þæt is ðonne godcund snyttro ond
698clænnes.
699

20 MARCH: THE THIRD DAY OF CREATION

    
700MA20 A 1 On ðone twentegðan dæg þæs monðes
701bið se þridda worolde dæg.
702MA20 A 2 On ðæm dæge god tosced on twa eorðan
703ond sæ, ond ðone sæ he gesette toþon þæt se
704sceolde fixas fedan, ond of þæm sceoldan regnas ofer eorðan
705cuman.
706MA20 A 5 Forðon

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707ðære lyfte gecynd is þæt heo
708tehð to þa renas of ðæm sealtan sæ, ond þurh hire
709mægen heo fersc sendeþ to eorðan.
710MA20 A 8 Ond on ælcum anum geare weaxeð þæt
711flod ðæs sæs feower ond twentigum siða ond swa oft
712wanað.
713MA20 A 10 Fylleþflod bið nemned ond on læden
714malina , ond se nepflod ledo .
715

20 MARCH: ST. CUTHBERT

    
716MA20 B 1 On ðone ilcan dæg bið sancte Cuthberhtes
717geleornes ðæs halgan biscopes, se wæs on þysse
718Brytene on þære mægðe þe is nemned Transhumbrentium,
719ðæt is Norðanhymbra ðeod.
720MA20 B 4 Ðone wer oft
721englas sohtan ond him tobrohtan heofonlico gereordo.
722MA20 B 6 Ond he hæfde þa miht þæt he mihte
723geseon manna sawle, þa clænan ond ða oþre, þonne

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724heo of þæm lichoman leordon, ond ealle untrumnesse he mihte
725hælan mid his gebedum.
726MA20 B 9 Þæt wæs his wundra sum þæt he wæs
727æt gereordum on sumre æþelre abbadissan mynster.
728MA20 B 11 Ða he aras on dæge of undernræste,
729ða sæde he þæt hine ðyrste, and het him beran
730wæter to þæt he mihte onbergean.
731MA20 B 13 Ða bletsode he þæt wæter ond his
732onbergde ond sealde his mæssepreoste.
733MA20 B 15 Ond he hit sealde heora þene.
734MA20 B 16 Heora þen wæs ðæs ilcan mynstres
735mæssepreost.
736MA20 B 17 Ða ondranc se þæs wætres ond sealde
737hit þæm breðer ðe him ætstod, ðæs mynstres
738profoste, ond se ondranc eac þæs wætres, ond hi gefeldan
739begen þæt þæt wæs ðæt betste win.
740MA20 B 20 Ond þa hi þa tid hæfdon ymb þæt to
741spreconne, þa ondette heora ægðer oþrum þæt hi
742næfre ær selre wiin ne druncon.

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743

21 MARCH: THE FOURTH DAY OF CREATION

    
744MA21 A 1 On ðone an ond twentegðan dæg bið se
745feorða worolde dæg.
746MA21 A 2 On ðæm dæge god gesette on heofones
747rodor sunnan ond monan.
748MA21 A 3 Þa wæs seo sunne seofon siðum beorhtre
749ðonne heo nu is, ond se mona hæfde ða ða
750beorhtnesse þe seo sunne nu hafað.
751MA21 A 5 Ac þa Adam ond Eua on neorxnawonge
752gesyngodan, ða wæs þæm tunglum gewonad heora
753beorhtnes, ond hi næfdon na siððan butan þone seofoðan
754dæl heora leohtes.
755MA21 A 9 Ac on domes dæge EDITION: domesdæge
756þonne ure drihten edniwað ealle gesceafte, ond eall
757mænnisc cynn eft ariseð ond hi næfre ma ne gesyngiað,
758þonne scineð seo sunne seofon siðum beorhtre ðonne heo
759nu do, ond heo næfre on setl gangeþ, ond se mona scineð
760swa swa nu seo sunne deþ, ond he næfre ma wonað
761ne ne weaxeð on his endebyrdnesse, ac þenden þa tunglu
762her lyhtaþ on ðysse deadlican worolde.
763MA21 A 17 Symble ðonne se mona gangeþ æfter

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764ðære sunnan, ðonne weaxeð his leoht, THE FOLLOWING NINE
765WORDS ARE TAKEN FROM MS C þonne he byð beforan hyre,
766þonne wanað hys leoht. Ond swa he
767bið þære sunnan near swa bið his leoht læsse,
768ond swa he bið hire fyrr swa bið his leoht mare, ond
769hwæðre he bið symble þurh þa sunnan onlyhted.
770

21 MARCH: ST. BENEDICT OF NURSIA

    
771MA21 B 1 On ðone ilcan dæg bið sancte Benedictes
772geleornes ðæs halgan abbodes.
773MA21 B 2 Se wæs acenned on Nursia ðære mægðe,
774ond sona on his cnihthade he wilnade þæt he gode
775anum licade.
776MA21 B 4 Ond on sumum þara mynstra þe he
777ofergeseted wæs þa broðor him woldon sellan attor
778drincan forðon þe hi ne mostan for him naht unalyfedlices
779begangan.
780MA21 B 7 Ða he þa senade þæt fæt þe þæt
781attor on wæs, ða tobærst hit swæ þær mon stan onwurpe.
782MA21 B 9 Ond he mid bliðe mode forlet ðara
783broðra onwald ond eft to his oðrum mynstre ferde.
784MA21 B 11 Wæs his godes þeow

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785sum se æt nænigre
786gebedtide wolde on ðære cirican wunian ðæt he
787mid þæm oþrum his gebed gefylde.
788MA21 B 14 Ða geseah se abbod ðæt sum lytel cniht
789sweart teah þone broðor be his hrægle of þære
790cirican ut.
791MA21 B 16 Se abbod þa sume dæge utgangende sloh
792ðone broðor mid gyrde, ond þa wæs se feond midþy
793geflymed swa he hine sloh, ond se broðor siþþan a
794wunode æt his gebede.
795MA21 B 19 Ðy dæge ðe se abbod geleorde his
796broðra twegen geseagon ænne weg fram his mynstre
797rihte east on ðone heofon.
798MA21 B 22 Se wæs bebræded mid hwitum ryftum, ond
799þær wæs on unrim scinendra leohtfata, ond þær
800stod an beorht wer ond cwæþ to him, þis is se weg midþy
801þe drihtnes se leofa Benedictus astag on
802heofon.
803

22 MARCH: THE FIFTH DAY OF CREATION

    
804MA22 A 1 On ðone twa ond twentegðan dæg ðæs
805monðes bið se fifta dæg worolde.
806MA22 A 2 On ðæm dæge god gescop of

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807wætere eall fleotendra fixa cyn ond fleogendra fugla.
808MA22 A 4 Woroldsnottre men secgað þæt þa
809ficsas syn on sæ hundteontiges cynna ond ðreo ond
810fiftiges.
811MA22 A 6 Ond
812nis ænig manna þæt he wite hwæt
813þara fugla cynna sy ofer eorðan.
814MA22 A 7 Ond hwæðre æghwelc fugal wunað ðæt
815ðæt he of gesceapen wæs.
816MA22 A 9 Ða swimmaþ nu sealtum yþum ða þe of
817ðæm gesceapen wæron, ond ða wuniað on merum ond
818on flodum þa þe of ðæm ferscum wætre gescæpene wæron,
819ond þa sittaþ on feldum ond ne magon swimman
820ða þe of þæs græses deawe geworht wæron, ond þa
821wuniað on wudum ða þe of þara treowa dropum
822gehiwode wæron, ond þa wuniað on fænne þa þe gewurdon of
823þæs fænnes wætan.
824

23 MARCH: THE SIXTH DAY OF CREATION, ADAM AND EVE

    
825MA23 A 1 On ðone ðreo ond twentegðan dæg ðæs
826monðes ðæt bið se sexta worolde dæg.
827MA23 A 2 On ðæm wæs Adam

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828gescæpen se æresta
829man, ond Eua his wif wæs gescæpen of his ribbe. Hi
830wæron swa gescæpene
831MA23 A 4 ðæt hi ne mihte fyr bærnan ne wæter
832dræncean ne wildeor slitan ne þorn stician.
833MA23 A 6 Ne hi ne mihtan næfre forealdian ne deade
834beon, gif hi godes bebodu geheoldan.
835MA23 A 8 Ac þa hi þæt ne geheoldan, ða
836underðeoddon hi selfe ond eall ðæt mænnisce cynn to sare
837ond eldo ond to deaðe.
838MA23 A 10 Adam lifde her on wræcsiðe nigan hund
839geara ond ðritig geara, ond his ban syndon
840bebyrged noht feorr beeastan ðære byrig ðe is nemned
841Cebron, ond him is ðæt heafod suð gewend ond
842þa fet norð, ond seo byrgen is bewrigen mid dimmum stanum
843ond yfellicum.
844

23 MARCH: ST. THEODORET

    
845MA23 B 1 On ðone ylcan dæg bið þæs halgan
846mæssepreostes ðrowung, se wæs nemned þeodorotos.
847MA23 B 2 Se þrowade

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848monigfealdne martyrdom for
849Criste on Antiochia þære ceastre on Iulianus
850dagum þæs hæþnan caseres, ond ætnyhstan he wæs
851beheafdod.
852MA23 B 5 Ond ða þære ylcan niht ða swealt
853se dema þe hine cwellan het mid unasecgendlicum
854sarum, efne swa þæt he spaw his innoð ut þurh his muð.

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855

15 SEPTEMBER: ST. MAMILIAN

    
856SE15 B 1 On ðone ylcan dæg bið ðæs halgan
857munecys geleornes ond þæs ancran sancti Mamiliani.
858SE15 B 2 Se dyde manega wundru, ond he hælde
859untrume men mid his gebedum ond he wæs swa gistliþe
860þæt he for godes lufon eode to reordum mid þam tocumendum
861mannum.
862SE15 B 6 Þa tælde hine an oferhydig bisceop
863forþon ond sende his twegen cempan þæt ða sceoldon
864ðone ancran him togelædan, þæt he ongeate hwylce his
865ðeawas wæron.
866SE15 B 9 Ða będ he þa cempan þæt hi for godes
867lufon onfengon gereorde mid him.
868SE15 B 11 Geþafode þæt oþer, oðer INTERPUNCTION
869ALTERED TO TIRONIC NOTE IN FRONT OF oðer ðam
870wiþsoc, se wæs yldra ond oferhydygra.
871SE15 B 12 Ða hi þa eodon on þone weg, ða ongan
872ðone oferhydygan þyrstan on deaþ.
873SE15 B 14 Ða feol he to ðæs godes þeowes fotum
874ond him bæd miltse.
875SE15 B 15 Ða geseah se godes þeow wilde
876THE WORD an IS WRITTEN ABOVE THE LINE IN FRONT OF wilde

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877hinde melce.
878SE15 B 16 Þa gesenode he hi, ða gestod heo, ond
879se geþyrsta mon meolcode ða hinde ond dranc þa
880meolc, ond his ðurst wæs geliþad.
881SE15 B 18 Ða THE FOLLOWING TWO WORDS ARE TAKEN FROM
882MS C forhtodon þa lattowas swiþe THE WORD wundroda IS
883WRITTEN ABOVE THE LINE AFTER swiðe for ðam wundrum.
884SE15 B 19 Þa he com to þam oferhydigan bisceope,
885þa wæs ðær broht to fulwihte niwan acenned
886cild.
887SE15 B 21 Þa het se bisceop hine fullian þæt
888cild.
889SE15 B 22 Þa cwæþ he, Hwæs sunu is hit?
890SE15 B 23 Þa cwæþ se bisceop, Mines hereteman.
891SE15 B 24 Þa locode sanctus Mamilium on þæt cild
892ond cwæþ, Saga me hwa þin fæder sy.
893SE15 B 25 Ða cwæþ þæt cild, þes bisceop þe
894her stent.
895SE15 B 26 Ða gerehte þæt cild beforan þam
896bisceope sancti Mamiliani hu hit wæs gestryned ðurh
897ðæs bisceopes unrihthæmed.
898SE15 B 29 Ða gefullude he ðæt cild ond þa
899demde he ðam bisceope for his dyrnum geligrum, se
900ðohte ær þæt he sceolde him deman,

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901forþon þe he for godes
902lufon æt mid geswencedum monnum.
903

16 SEPTEMBER: ST. EUPHEMIA

    
904SE16 A 1 On ðone XVIan dæg þæs monþes bið
905þære fæmnan ðrowung sancta Eufemia, seo ðrowode
906mærne martyrdom for Criste in Calcidonia þære ceastre on
907Dioclitianus dagum þæs kaseres.
908SE16 A 4 Priscus se ealdormon geresde on þa
909fæmnan in cristenmonna midle, swa wullf geræseð
910on sceap on miclum ewede, ond he nydde hi þæt heo Criste
911wiðsoce.
912SE16 A 7 Þa heo þæt ne geþafode, ða het he THE WORD
913he TAKEN FROM MS C hi weorpan in byrnende TORONTO CORPUS:
914byrnendne ofen.
915SE16 A 9 Ða cwæþ þara ðegna sum, se wæs on naman
916Sustenis, ær ic me sylfne ofslea mid mine
917sweorde, ær þon ic sende mine hond on þas

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918fæmnan.
919SE16 A 12 Ic geseo beort werod mid hire.
920SE16 A 12 Ða ongyrde oþer þegn þa fæmnan, se
921wæs on noman Uictor.
922SE16 A 14 Ða cwæþ se, Eala, ealdormon, ðis me is
923hefi to donne.
924SE16 A 15 Ic geseo fægere weras stondan in ðisses
925ofnes muþe, þa tostredað þone lig þæt he ne
926mæg na sceðþan þisse fæmnan.
927SE16 A 17 Þa genamon oþre twegen þa fæmnan ond
928wurpon in ðone ofn.
929SE16 A 18 Þa eode se lig of þam ofne ond
930forbærnde hi begen, ond hire he ne sceþede.
931SE16 A 20 Þisse fæmnan lichoma restet neah
932Calcidonia þære ceastre, ond ure fædras hi nemdon þa
933sigefæstan fæmnan.
934

19 SEPTEMBER: ST. JANUARIUS ETC.

    
935SE19 A 1 On ðone XVIIIIan dæg þæs monþes bið
936þæs bisceopes gemynd sancti Ianuari.
937SE19 A 2 Se þrowode martyrdom for Criste in ðære
938ceastre Beneuentum

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939ond his deaconas mid him, þa
940wæron on nomam sanctus Festus ond sanctus Desiderius.
941

20 SEPTEMBER: ST. FAUSTA, EVILASIUS

    
942SE20 A 1 On þone XX dæg þæs monþes bið þære
943fæmnan gemynd sancta Fausta ond sancti Efilasi.
944SE20 A 2 Þæt wæs se gerefa se þe geheold
945þa witu þa se casere het don þære halgan fæmnan
946Faustan.
947SE20 A 4 Þa gelyfde he gode for þam wundrum ða
948he þa geseah æt hire, ond he ða geþrowode
949martyrdom mid hire.
950

21 SEPTEMBER: ST. MATTHEW

    
951SE21 A 1 On ðone XXI dæg þæs monþes bið þæs
952apostoles tid sanctus Matheus.
953SE21 A 2 Se wæs ærest mid Iudeum theloniarius,
954þæt is gafoles moniend ond wicgerefa,

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955ac Crist hine ceas him to þegene.
956SE21 A 4 Ond he wrat ealra manna ęrest Cristes
957godspel mid Iudeum.
958SE21 A 6 Ond æfter Cristes upastignesse he
959gelærde twua mægþa to godes geleafan, Macedonian þa
960mægðe ond Sigelwara mægðe, ond of Sigelwarum
961he flymde twegen dryas, ða þar worhton micel
962scinlac mid twam dracum, ond he awehte hira cyninges sunu of
963deaþe ond þone cyning gefulwade þæs nama
964wæs Eilippus, ond his quene noma wæs Eufenisse.
965SE21 A 12 Ac hwæðre oþer kyning wæs æfter þam,
966se wæs on naman Hirtacus.
967SE21 A 14 He het þisne Matheum hindan mid sweorde
968þurstingan, þær he stod ætforan godes
969weofode in gebede, forðæm þe he ne moste ane godes fæmnan,
970þæt wæs an nunne, him to wife onfon.
971SE21 A 18 Ac Matheus him sægde þæt he wære swa
972synnig wið god, gif he ða gehalgodan fæmnan to
973legerteame onfenge, swa se ðeow wære se ðe fenge on

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974kyninges quene to unryhtum hæmde.
975SE21 A 21 Ond ða sona æfter Matheus þrowunge þa
976forborn ðæs cyninges heall mid eallum his
977spedum, ond his sunu awedde, ond he sylf ahreofode ond tobærst
978mid wundum from ðam heafde oð ða fet,
979ond he asette his sweord upweard ond ða hyne sylfne ofstang.
980SE21 A 27 Sanctus Matheus lichoma resteð on
981Parthora muntum ond bideð þære toweardan æriste.
982

22 SEPTEMBER: ST. MAURICE AND THE THEBAN LEGION

    
983SE22 A 1 On ðone XXII dæg þæs monðes bið
984sancti Maurices ðrowung ond VI þusyndo martyra mid him
985ond VI hund.
986SE22 A 3 Þæt wæs cempena werod þa comon of
987eastdæle of Campodocia mægðe ðam casere to fultume
988Maximiane, ond hie wæron swiðe sigefæste weras in eallum
989gefeohtum.
990SE22 A 6 Ac ða onfand se casere ætnehstan þæt
991hie wæron cristene.

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992SE22 A 8 Ða het he THE WORD he TAKEN FROM MS C hy
993gemartyrian þæt heora
994þæt halige blod orn æfter eorðan swa swa flod.
995SE22 A 9 Nyton we heora nomena na ma þonne
996sanctus Mauricius, se wæs ðæs werodes ealdorman,
997ond sanctus Exuprius ond sanctus Candidus.
998SE22 A 12 Þa oðra noman syndon awritene on
999heofenum on lifes bocum.
1000

23 SEPTEMBER: ST. SOSIUS

    
1001SE23 A 1 On ðone XXIII dæg þæs monðes bið
1002ðæs diacones gemynd se is nemned sancti Sossy.
1003SE23 A 2 He wæs in ðære ceastre Meselana,
1004ond sume dæge þa he rædde godspell æt mæssan, ða scan
1005him heofonlic leoht ymb ðæt heafod.
1006SE23 A 5 Ða cwæð se biscop se ðe his lareow
1007wæs, Ne bið þes diacon noht longe mid us, ac he
1008sceal beon mid Criste.
1009SE23 A 7 Ond þa æfter feawa dagum ða endode he
1010his lif þurh martyrhad for Criste.

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1011

23 SEPTEMBER: ST. THECLA

    
1012SE23 B 1 On ðone ilcan dæg bið sancte Teclan tid
1013þære halgan fæmnan.
1014SE23 B 2 Seo wæs in ðære ceastre Ioconio, ond heo
1015wæs ðær beweddedo æðelum brydguman.
1016SE23 B 3 Ða gehyrde heo Paules lare ðæs
1017apostoles, ða gelyfde heo gode ond awunode in hyre
1018mægðhade.
1019SE23 B 5 Ond forðon heo arefnde monegu witu.
1020SE23 B 6 Hy mon wearp in byrnende fyr, ond hio
1021nolde byrnan, ond hy mon sende in wildra deora
1022menigo, in leona ond in berena, ond ða hie noldon slitan.
1023SE23 B 9 Hy mon wearp in sædeora seað, ond þa
1024hyre ne sceðedon.
1025SE23 B 10 Hy mon band on wilde fearras, ond ða
1026hyre ne geegledon.
1027SE23 B 12 Ond ða ætneahstan heo scear hyre feax
1028swa swa weras ond gegyrede hy mid weres hrægle
1029ond ferde mid Paulum, þam godes ærendracan.
1030SE23 B 14 Tecle wæs swa myhtigu fæmne þæt heo
1031geðingode to gode

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1032sumre hæðenre fæmnan gæste
1033hwylcehwegu ræste in ðære æcan worulde.
1034

24 SEPTEMBER: THE CONCEPTION OF ST. JOHN THE
1035BAPTIST

    
1036SE24 A 1 On ðone XXIIII dæg þæs monðes bið
1037sancti Iohannis geeacnung þæs miclan fulwihteres.
1038SE24 A 2 Ðy dæge Gabriel se heahengel æteowde
1039Zacharie, Iohannis fæder, þær he stod æt ðam
1040weofode ond ricels bærnde in godes ansægdnesse, ond him
1041sægde þæt him scolde beon THE FOLLOWING SIX WORDS ARE
1042TAKEN FROM MS C sunu acenned, and þæs nama sceolde
1043Iohannis gecigged.
1044SE24 A 7 Þa nolde Zacharias ðam engle gelyfan
1045THE FOLLOWING TWO WORDS ARE TAKEN FROM MS C
1046þæt hym ond his wife on heora yldo meahte beon sunu
1047acenned.
1048SE24 A 9 Þa cwæð se engel to him, ðu bist dumb
1049oð þone dæg oððæt ðe þis bið.
1050SE24 A 11 Ond hit ða wæs swa geworden.

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1051

24 SEPTEMBER: ST. ANDOCHIUS, THYRSUS, FELIX

    
1052SE24 B 1 On ðone ilcan dæg bið þara haligra wera
1053tid sancti Andochi þæs mæssepreostes ond sancti
1054Tyrsi þæs diacones.
1055SE24 B 3 Ða comon of eastdæle in Galwala mægðe
1056ond þær monige men þur fulwiht gelærdon to
1057Cristes geleafan ond ðær geþrowodon martyrdom for godes
1058naman on Aurelianus dagum þæs caseres, ond sum
1059cepemon cristen mid him, ðæs nama wæs Felix.
1060SE24 B 8 Æryst se casere him bead gold ond
1061seolfor wiððon ðe hy forleton Cristes geleafan.
1062SE24 B 10 Ða noldon hy ðæt.
1063SE24 B 10 Ða het he THE FOLLOWING THIRTEEN WORDS
1064ARE TAKEN FROM MS C. hig weorpan on byrnende fyr, and hym
1065þæt ne onhran. Þa het he mid stengum heora sweoran
1066forslean.
1067SE24 B 13 Ða leordon þa gastas to ecum gefean,
1068ond æt heora lichoman wæron monug wundru
1069gewordenu.

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1070

25 SEPTEMBER: ST. CEOLFRITH

    
1071SE25 A 1 On ðone XXV dæg þæs monðes bið ðæs
1072halgan weres gemind se wæs on ðisse Brytene,
1073ond he wæs nemned Ceolfrið.
1074SE25 A 3 He wæs sumes haliges mynstres abbod be
1075norðan gemære, þæt wæs gehalgod sancte Petre.
1076SE25 A 5 Ond ða on his yldo ongan he feran to
1077Rome, ond þrim dagum ær ðon þe he ferde he sægde
1078his siðfæt ðæs mynstres broðrum.
1079SE25 A 8 Ond siððan he on siðe wæs, he asong
1080ælce dæge tuwa his saltere ond his mæssan, butan
1081ðam anum dæge ðe he on sæ wæs ond þrim dagum ær his
1082endedæge.
1083SE25 A 11 He wæs on LXXIIII geara þa he
1084forðferde.
1085SE25 A 12 Æfter hundteontegum daga ond XIIII
1086þæs ðe he of his mynstre ferde, he geleorde on
1087Burgenda mægðe æt Linguna ceastre, ond he wæs arwyrðlice
1088bebyrged in ðære cirican þe hy

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1089nemnað sanctos geminos æt ðam halgum getwinnum mid micle
1090wope ge on Angelcynnes monna ge þiderleodiscra.
1091SE25 A 18 Þær his geferscipe hyne todælde on
1092þreo.
1093SE25 A 19 An dæl ferde forð to Rome, oðer dæl
1094cyrde eft to Brytene
1095ond þæt sægdon, ond se þridda
1096dæl gesæt æt his byrgenne for his lufan betweoh ða men
1097þe heora geþeodo ne cuðon.
1098

26 SEPTEMBER: ST. JUSTINA, CYPRIAN

    
1099SE26 A 1 On ðone XXVI dæg þæs monðes bið
1100sancta Justinan tid þære fæmnan ond þæs biscopes
1101sancti Cyprianus.
1102SE26 A 3 Se Cyprianus wæs æryst ealra dry se
1103wyrsta, ond he wolde þære fæmnan mod on his
1104scincræftum onwendan to hæðendome ond to unclænum hæmede.
1105SE26 A 6 Ac ða gedwinon his drycræftas for hyre
1106halignesse swa swa rec þonne he toglideð, oððe
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1108hit for fyre gemelteð.
1109SE26 A 8 Þa forlet he þone drycræft, ond he wæs
1110geworden halig biscop, ond mid þære ilcan fæmnan
1111he þrowode eft martyrdom, ond heora lichoma resteð in
1112ðære ceastre þe is nemned Antiochia.
1113

27 SEPTEMBER: ST. COSMAS, DAMIAN

    
1114SE27 A 1 On ðone XXVII dæg þæs monðes bið
1115þara haligra gebroðra tid sancti Cosme ond sancti
1116Damiani.
1117SE27 A 3 Þæt wæron heahlæcas, ond hy lacnodon
1118æghwylce untrumnesse monna, ond hy ne onfengon
1119nowiht æt nænigum men, ne æt weligum ne æt heanum.
1120SE27 A 6 Þa gehældon hie sum wif of micelre
1121medtrumnesse.
1122SE27 A 7 Ða brohte seo diogollice sancti Damiane
1123medmicle gretinge.
1124SE27 A 8 Gewritu secgað þæt ðæt wære þreo
1125ægero ond heo hyne halsode þurh god þæt he ðam
1126onfenge.
1127SE27 A 10 Ða onfeng he ðam.
1128SE27 A 10 Þa

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1129wæs broðor Cosmas forðam swiðe
1130unrot, ond forðam he bebead þæt mon heora lichoman
1131ætsomne ne byrgde æt heora ende.
1132SE27 A 13 Ða on ðære ilcan niht ætywde ure
1133dryhtæn Cosme ond cwæð, Forhwon spræce þu swa for
1134ðære gretinge þe Damianus onfeng?
1135SE27 A 16 Ne onfeng he ðæt na to medsceatte, ac
1136forðon þe he wæs þur me gehalsod.
1137SE27 A 17 Ðas gebroðor geþrowedon mærne
1138martyrdom on Diaclitianus dagum ðæs caseres from Lissia
1139þam gerefan.
1140SE27 A 19 Hy wæron stæned, ond ða stanas wæron
1141on bæc gecyrred ond wundedon ða þe ða halgan
1142stændon.
1143SE27 A 21 Hy wæron mid strælum
1144scotode, ac ða strælas forcyrdon hy ond slogon ða hæðnan,
1145ac ðurh beheafdunga hy onsendon heora gast to gode.
1146SE27 A 24 Ða ðohton ða men þa ðe heora
1147lichoman namon hwæðer hy mon ætsomne byrgde,

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1148forðon ðe Cosmas þæt ær forbead.
1149SE27 A 26 Þa com ðær yrnan sum olbenda, ond se
1150cwæð mid menniscre stefne, Ne todælað ge ðara
1151haligra lichoman, ac byrgað hy ætsomne.
1152SE27 A 29 Ða dydon hy swa him þæt dumbe neat
1153onwreah, ond þeah siððan gelumpon heofonlico
1154wundru þurh ðara haligra mægen.
1155

29 SEPTEMBER: THE CONSECRATION OF ST. MICHAEL'S
1156CHURCH

    
1157SE29 A 1 On ðone XXVIIII dæg þæs monðes bið
1158sancte Michahelis cirican gehalgung in Tracla þære
1159ceastre.
1160SE29 A 3 In Eraclę ðære mægðe feonda menigo com
1161to þære ceastre ond hy ymbsæton.
1162SE29 A 4 Þa ceasterware þurh þreora daga fæsten
1163anmodlice bædon god THE WORD god TAKEN FROM MS C fultumes
1164ond bædon þæt he him þone ætywde þurh sancte
1165Michahel.
1166SE29 A 7 Ða ðy þriddan dæge stod

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1167sanctus Michahel ofer ðære ceastre gete ond hæfde fyren
1168sweord in his honda.
1169SE29 A 9 Þa wæron ða fynd abregede mid þy
1170egesan, ond hy gewiton onweg, ond þa ceasterwara
1171wunedon gesunde.
1172SE29 A 11 Ond þær wæs getimbred sancte Michaheles
1173cirice, ond seo wæs gehalgod on ðone dæg þe
1174we mærsiað sancte Michaheles gemynd.
1175

30 SEPTEMBER: ST. JEROME; THE END OF SEPTEMBER

    
1176SE30 A 1 On ðone XXX dæg þæs monðes bið
1177Hieronimis tid þæs mæssepreostes ond þæs æðelan
1178leorneres.
1179SE30 A 2 Se wæs in Bethlem in ðære Iudiscan
1180ceastre.
1181SE30 A 3 Be ðam sagað sanctus Arculfus þæt he
1182gesawe medmicle cirican butan Bethlem þære
1183ceastre, in ðære wæs geseted THE FOLLOWING TEN WORDS
1184ARE TAKEN FROM MS C Heremmis lychama myd stane oferworht,
1185and ofer þam wæs geseted byrnende

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1186leohtfæt ge dæges ge nihtes.
1187SE30 A 9 Ðonne se mona bið
1188geendud ðe we nemnað
1189haligmonoð, þonne bið seo niht XII tida long,
1190ond se dæg bið þæt ilce.
1191

THE BEGINNING OF OCTOBER

    
1192OC00 A 1 On ðam teoðan monðe on geare bið XXXI
1193daga.
1194OC00 A 2 Þone mon nemneð on leden Octember ond on
1195ure geðeode winterfylleð.
1196

3 OCTOBER: THE TWO HEWALDS

    
1197OC03 A 1 On þone MS DITTOGRAPHY ðone þone ðriddan
1198dæg þæs monðes bið
1199þara preosta þrowung þa wæron begen anes noman.
1200OC03 A 2 Oðer wæs se blaca Heawold, oðer se
1201hwita Heawold.
1202OC03 A 3 Ða mæssepreostas ferdon of ðisse
1203Brytene east ofer sæ

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1204to Frysum ond ða lærdon
1205to godes geleafan ond ðær geðrowodon martyrdom
1206for Criste, ond heofonlic leoht wæs gesewen ofer
1207heora lichoman.
1208OC03 A 7 Hyra wundor synt awriten on Angolcynnes
1209bocum, ðæt is on istoria Anglorum .
1210

7 OCTOBER: POPE MARK

    
1211OC07 A 1 On ðone VII dæg þæs monðes bið þæs
1212papan tid þæs noma wæs sanctus Marcus.
1213OC07 A 2 Se wæs on Constantynus dagum þæs
1214caseres, ond his lichoma wæs bebyrged ond is in ðam
1215mynstre þe hy nemnað æt Rome Balbino.

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1216

8 OCTOBER: ST. DIONYSIUS, RUSTICUS, ELEUTHERIUS

    
1217OC08 A 1 On ðone VIII dæg þæs monðes bið ðæs
1218biscopes tid ond þæs halgan martyres sancti Dionisi
1219ond his diacona twega þara noman wæron Rusticus ond
1220Eleutherius.
1221OC08 A 4 Ða wæron in ðære ceastre ðe Parisius
1222is nemned.
1223OC08 A 5 Þær hy mon nydde þæt hy deofulgyld
1224weorðedon.
1225OC08 A 6 Ða hy þæt ne geðafedon, ða wæron for
1226Criste gemartyrod.
1227OC08 A 7 Ða woldon ða cwelleras sendan heora
1228lichoman on deopne stream, on ða ea þe hatte
1229Secuana.
1230OC08 A 9 Ac ða sum cristen wif hy laðode to
1231symble, ond hy ða hyre getæhton þara haligra
1232lichoman, ond hio ða het hyre men on niht þa lichoman
1233forstelan ond bebyrgan on hyre æcere.
1234OC08 A 13 Ond se æcer þa syððan gegreow C
1235siða selor
1236þonne he ær dyde.
1237OC08 A 14 Þær

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1238æfter ðon cristene men timbredon
1239cirican, ond ðær blinde men onfengon heora
1240gesyhðe ond healte heora gonge ond deafe gehyrnesse.
1241

11 OCTOBER: ST. ÆTHELBURH

    
1242OC11 A 1 On ðone endlyftan dæg þæs monðes bið
1243þære halgan abbodissan forðfor ond ðære æðelan
1244fæmnan þære noma wæs sancta æðylburh.
1245OC11 A 2 Sio gestaðelode ðæt fæmna mynster on
1246Brytene þæt is nemned on Bercingum, ond on hyre
1247dagum gelumpon heofonlicu wundro on ðam ilcan mynstre.
1248OC11 A 7 Ond sum halig fæmne geseah þære ilcan
1249æðylburge gast mid gyldenum racenteagum beon
1250getogen to heofenum.
1251OC11 A 9 Hyre wundro ond hyre mynstres syndon
1252awriten on Angolcynnes bocum.

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1253

14 OCTOBER: POPE CALLISTUS I

    
1254OC14 A 1 MS HAS AN ABORTIVE START: On ðone XIIII deg
1255þes monðes bit On ðone XIIII dæg þæs monðes bið
1256sancti Calistis gemynd þæs papan.
1257OC14 A 2 Se þrowode martyrdom for Criste on ðæs
1258caseres dagum se wæs nemned Macrini, ond he is
1259bebyrged in ðam mynstre Calepode on ðam wege þe æt Rome
1260is nemned Aurelia.
1261OC14 A 6 Þes papa gesette on Rome þreora
1262sæternesdaga fæsten on geare, ænne for hwætes
1263genihtsumnesse, oðerne for wines, þriddan for eles.
1264

15 OCTOBER: ST. LUPULUS

    
1265OC15 A 1 On ðone XV dæg þæs monðes bið þæs
1266martyres tid sancti Lupulii, þæs mæsse bið gemeted on
1267ðam yldran mæssebocum.

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1268

18 OCTOBER: ST. LUKE

    
1269OC18 A 1 On ðone XVIII dæg þæs monðes bið
1270sancte Lucas geleornes ðæs godspelleres.
1271OC18 A 2 Se wrat ðone þriddan dæl Cristes boca in
1272Achaia ðære mægðe, ond he wrat ða maran boc
1273actus apostolorum .
1274OC18 A 5 Lucas wæs acenned in Siria mægðe, ond
1275he wæs æryst cræftig læce in
1276Antiochia þære ceastre, ond he wæs eft Paulus gefera
1277in ælce elðeodignesse, ond he wæs se clænosta wer.
1278OC18 A 8 Næs he hæbbende wif ne bearn.
1279OC18 A 9 He gefor þa he wæs on LXXVII geara,
1280ond he wæs æryst bebyrged in Bethania ac his ban
1281wæron eft alæded þanon on Constantines dagum þæs caseres
1282in ða ceastre Constantinopili.

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1283

18 OCTOBER: ST. TRYPHONIA

    
1284OC18 B 1 On ðone ilcan dæg bið þære halgan
1285cwene gemynd sancta Trifonia.
1286OC18 B 2 Seo wæs Decies cwen þæs caseres, ond heo
1287wæs æryst hæðen ond wælgrim.
1288OC18 B 4 Ac heo geseah hu Decius se casere wedde ond
1289hrymde dæges ond nihtes, ær ðon he dead
1290wære.
1291OC18 B 6 Þa gelyfde heo on god ond onfeng
1292fulwihte, ond sume dæge ðær heo hy gebæd heo onsende
1293hyre gast to gode.
1294

18 OCTOBER: ST. JUSTUS

    
1295OC18 C 1 On ðone ilcan dæg bið þæs halgan
1296cnihtes þrowung sancti Iusti, se wæs VIII wintre þa he
1297martyrdom þrowode for Criste.
1298OC18 C 3 Þone het beheafdian sum rice mon, se wæs
1299on naman Ritsoalis.
1300OC18 C 5 Ða woldon þa cwelleras niman þæt heafod

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1301ond lædan to ðam rican men.
1302OC18 C 6 Þa aras se lichoma ond genam þæt heafod
1303him on ond seo tunge spræc of ðam heafde ond
1304cwæð þus, Heofones god ond eorðan, onfoh mine sawle,
1305forðon ic wæs unsceðþende ond clænheort.
1306OC18 C 10 Þa gemette hine þær his fæder ond his
1307fædera swa beheafdodne.
1308OC18 C 11 Ða cwædon hy, Hwæt wille wit don be
1309ðissum lichoman?
1310OC18 C 12 Ða spræc seo tunge eft of ðam heafde
1311ond cwæð, Gongað on ðis stanscræf ðæt her neah
1312is, ond git þær metað weal se is mid ifige bewrigen.
1313OC18 C 16 Bedelfað on ðam þone lichoman ond
1314sendað min heafod an to gretinge ond bringað minre
1315meder þæt heo ðæt cysse.
1316OC18 C 18 Ond gif heo me geseon wylle, ðonne sece
1317heo me in godes neorxnawonge.
1318OC18 C 20 Þa bedulfon hy ðone lichoman þær he
1319ær bebead, ond brohton his heafod in ða ceastre seo

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1320hatte Alticiotrum to his meder, þære noma wæs Feliciæ,
1321ond his fæder noma wæs Iustinus.
1322OC18 C 23 Þa on niht scan leoht ofer ealle ða
1323ceastre of ðam heafde.
1324OC18 C 25 Ða on mergen com se biscop þæder ond
1325þa ceasterwara ealle mid leohtfatum ond mid
1326candelum, ond bæron þæt heafod to cirican ond hit ðær
1327asetton.
1328OC18 C 28 Ond ðær georn XVI wintre mæden to
1329ðære bære, seo wæs blind acenned, ond heo meahte
1330sona geseon.
1331

19 OCTOBER: ST. PELAGIA

    
1332OC19 A 1 On ðone XVIIII dæg þæs monðes bið
1333sancta Pilagian geleornes þære godes þeowenne.
1334OC19 A 2 Seo wæs æryst mima in Antiochia þære
1335ceastre, þæt is scericge on urum geðeode.
1336OC19 A 4 Seo glengde hi swa þætte noht næs on
1337hyre gesewen buton gold ond

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1338gimmas, ond eall hyre gyrela stanc swa ælces cynnes
1339ricels.
1340OC19 A 7 Þa gecyrde heo æne into cirican þær
1341Nonnus se biscop sægde godspel be ðam toweardan
1342godes lombe.
1343OC19 A 9 Ða weop heo sona swa ðæt hyre fleowon
1344þa tearas of ðam eagum swa swa flod, ond ða ðy
1345ilcan dæge gesohte heo þone biscop ond cwæð to him, Ic eom
1346deofles ðinen.
1347OC19 A 12 Ic yðgode mid synnum swa sæ mid yðum.
1348OC19 A 13 Ic wæs synna georn ond in deaðlicum
1349listum.
1350OC19 A 14 Ic wæs beswicen ond ic beswac monige
1351þurh me.
1352OC19 A 15 Ac gefulla me þæt mine synna syn
1353adilgode.
1354OC19 A 16 Þa gefullode se biscop hy ond hyre
1355gesealde husl, ond æt ðam fulwihte hyre onfeng sum
1356godes þeow þære noma wæs Romana.
1357OC19 A 19 Þæs ða ymb twegen dagas, þær heo slep
1358æt ðære godmodor huse, þa com hyre deofol to

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1359ond hy awehte ond cwæð to hyre, Min hlæfdige, gif ðe wæs
1360gold to lytel oððe seolfor oððe deorwyrðra
1361gimma oððe ænigra woruldwelena , ic ðæt sona gebete,
1362ac ne forlæt me.
1363OC19 A 24 Ða cwæð heo, Ic ðe wiðsace, forðon
1364ic eom nu in Cristes bure.
1365OC19 A 26 Þa on ðære eahtoðan nihte hyre
1366fulwihtes þa gegyrede heo hy mid hærenre tunecan ond
1367mid byrnan
1368þæt is mid lytelre hacelan, ond heo næs na leng
1369ðær gesewen, ac heo gewat on Oliuetes
1370dune ond hyre timbrede lytle cytan in ðære stowe þe Crist
1371him gebæd þa he wæs mon on eorðan.
1372OC19 A 31 Þær hio wunode þreo gear, þæt nænig
1373mon wiste hwæðer hio wæs wer ðe wif, ær ðon ðe heo
1374forðfered wæs.
1375OC19 A 33 Ða onfand se biscop on Hierusalem þær
1376he hyre lichoman gyrede þæt heo wæs wif.
1377OC19 A 34 Ða cwæð he, God, þe sy wuldor.
1378OC19 A 36 Ðu hafast monigne haligne ofer eorðan
1379ahyded.

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1380

21 OCTOBER: ST. HILARION

    
1381OC21 A 1 On ðone XXI dæg þæs monðes bið þæs
1382halgan fæder geleornes sancti Hilariones.
1383OC21 A 2 Se wæs upcymen in Palistina mægðe in
1384ðam tune ðe is nemned Ðabata, ond he wæs sona on
1385his cnihthade on gewritum gelæred.
1386OC21 A 5 Ond he gewat in westen þa he wæs XVI
1387wintræ, ond þær hyne dioflu costodon in mislicum
1388hywum.
1389OC21 A 7 Hwilum hy him raredon on swa hryðro,
1390hwilum hy him lægon big swilce nacode wifmen,
1391hwilum hy æteowdon him swa swa þeotende wulf, hwilum swa
1392beorcende fox, ond he ðæt eall oferswiðde
1393þurh Cristes miht ond dyde unrim heofonlicra wundra.
1394OC21 A 12 Ðara wæs sum þæt sum geong mon bæd
1395sume gode fæmnan unrihthæmedes.
1396OC21 A 14 Þa heo þæt ne geþafode, ða agrof se
1397mon on ærenum brede drycræftæs word ond bedealf under

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1398þone þerscwold þæs huses þær seo fæmne ineode,
1399ond þa sona swa heo ineode, þa wæs heo of
1400hyre ryhtgewitte.
1401OC21 A 18 Ac heo cleopode to ðam geongan be his
1402naman.
1403OC21 A 19 Þa gelæddon yldran hy to sancti
1404Hilarione.
1405OC21 A 20 Þa hrymde ðæt deoful in ðære fæmnan
1406ond cwæð to him, þu me nedest to utgonge, ond ic
1407ne mæg, buton me se geonga læte se me under ðam
1408þerscwolde geband.
1409OC21 A 23 Þa cwæð se godes wer to ðam deofle,
1410Tohwon eodest ðu in ðis godes mægden?
1411OC21 A 25 Forhwon noldest ðu gongan in ðone mon
1412þe ðe in hy sende?
1413OC21 A 26 Þa cwæð ðæt deoful, he hæfde
1414minne geferan in him, ðæt deofol ðe
1415hyne lærde ða unclænan lufan.
1416OC21 A 28 Ða geclænsode se godes wer ða fæmnan
1417for ðon scindlacum.
1418OC21 A 29 Ða sanctus Hilarion wæs on LXXXm
1419wintrum, þa he forðferde.
1420OC21 A 31 Ond þy dæge þe he geleorde he cwæð to

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1421him sylfum, Gong ut, sawl, hwæt drædest ðu ðe?
1422OC21 A 32 Gong ut, hwæt tweost ðu ðe nu?
1423OC21 A 33 Hundseofontig geara þu þeowodest gode,
1424ond nu gyt þone deað þe ondrædest?
1425OC21 A 35 Ond æt ðissum worde he onsende his
1426gast, ond his lichoma is in Palestina mægðe in
1427ðære stowe þa hatte Maiuma.
1428

24 OCTOBER: ST. GENESIUS

    
1429OC24 A 1 On ðone XXIIII dæg þæs monðes bið
1430ðæs martyres tid þrowung sancti Genesi, ðone mon
1431acwealde, forðon ðe he nolde deofulgild weorðian.
1432OC24 A 3 Þæs gemynd is mycel on twam burgum on
1433twa healfa þæs flodes ðe hatte Rodanum , þæt is on
1434ure geðeode Rodena mere.
1435OC24 A 6 In oðre birg is seo stow þe he mid his
1436blode gehalgode þa hyne mon martyrode, in ðære
1437birg is his lichoma geseted.

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1438

24 OCTOBER: SIXTEEN SOLDIERS

    
1439OC24 B 1 On ðone ilcan dæg bið XVI cempena tid,
1440ða het Claudius se casere heafde beceorfan in
1441ðære ceastre Figligna, forðon ðe hy fulwihte onfengon.
1442OC24 B 4 Ond hie wæron bliðran to ðam deaðe
1443þonne hy her on hæðengilde lifden.
1444OC24 B 5 Þara cempena IIII wæron nemned
1445þiosius ond Lucius ond Marcus ond Petrus.
1446

26 OCTOBER: ST. CEDD

    
1447OC26 A 1 On ðone XXVI dæg þæs monðes bið
1448sancte Ceadweallan geleornes þæs biscopes.
1449OC26 A 2 He wæs Ceaddan broðor, ond sum halig
1450mon geseah þæt he lædde Ceaddan sawle mid englum
1451to heofenum.
1452OC26 A 5 Ceadde wæs biscop in Eastseaxum, ond
1453hwæðere his lichoma resteð be norðan gemære in ðam
1454mynstre Læstinga ea, ond his dæda wæron awritene on
1455Angolcynnes bocum.

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1456

28 OCTOBER: ST. SIMON, THADDEUS

    
1457OC28 A 1 On ðone XXVIII dæg þæs monðes þara
1458apostola tid Simonis ond Thaddeos.
1459OC28 A 2 Simonis wæs sancta Marian swystorsunu,
1460Cristes modrian sunu, seo wæs nemned on Cristes
1461bocum Maria Cleophe MS: cleopode .
1462OC28 A 5 Þonne wæs Thaddeos oðer noma Iudas.
1463OC28 A 6 Ðas apostolas æfter Cristes
1464upastigenesse gewiton on Persida mægðe ond bodedon Cristes
1465geleafan ond dydon unrim wundra on ðæs cyninges dagum se
1466wæs nemned Exerses.
1467OC28 A 9 Þær hy gedydon ðæt cild sprecende
1468þæt ne wæs anre nihte eald.
1469OC28 A 11 Simones lichoma resteð on ðam londe
1470Bosfore, ond Thaddeos lichoma in Armenia mægðe
1471in ðære ceastre Nerita.

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1472

28 OCTOBER: ST. CYRILLA

    
1473OC28 B 1 On ðone ilcan dæg bið sancta Cyrillan
1474þrowung þære fæmnan.
1475OC28 B 2 Seo wæs Decies dohtor þæs caseres,
1476ac Claudius se casere hy nydde þæt heo deofolgild
1477herede.
1478OC28 B 4 Þa heo ðon wiðsoc, ða het he hy mid
1479sweorde ofstingan ond hyre lichoman weorpan
1480hundum.
1481OC28 B 6 Ða Iustinus se mæssepreost genom þone
1482lichoman on niht ond bebyrigde mid oðrum halgum
1483monnum.
1484

31 OCTOBER: ST. QUENTIN; THE END OF OCTOBER

    
1485OC31 A 1 On ðone XXXIan dæg þæs monðes bið
1486sancti Quintines ðrowung þæs martyres.
1487OC31 A 2 Se com of Rome in Galwalas in ða ceastre
1488Ambeanis, ðær Riciouarus se gerefa mid miclum
1489witum hyne nydde to hæðengylde.
1490OC31 A 5 Ða he ðæt ne geðafode, ða het he

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1491hyne beheafdian.
1492OC31 A 6 THE FOLLOWING TWO WORDS ARE TAKEN FROM MS
1493C Þa sona fleah on ðam lichoman culfre swa hwit swa
1494snaw, ond seo fleah to heofenum.
1495OC31 A 8 Ða het se gerefa weorpan his lichoman in
1496ða ea ðe Sumena is nemned, ond þæt heafod
1497þærto.
1498OC31 A 10 Ond æfter LVm geara godes engel
1499getæhte sumum geleaffullan wife, seo wæs nemned
1500Eusebia, ða stowe hwær se
1501lichoma wæs.
1502OC31 A 13 Ond ða gebæd heo hyre on ðam ofre.
1503OC31 A 13 Ða ahleop se lichoma sona up of ðam
1504wætere, ond þæt heafod on oðre stowe.
1505OC31 A 15 Ond se lichoma stanc ond þæt heafod swa
1506swote swa rosan blostma ond lilian.
1507OC31 A 17 Ond þæt wif heo ða arwyrðlice
1508bebyrgde, ond ealle ða untruman men þa ðe þyder comon
1509to hy wæron sona hale.
1510OC31 A 20 Þonne se mona bið geendod ðe we nemnað
1511winterfylleð, þonne bið seo niht XIIII tida
1512long, ond se dæg tyna.

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1513NO00 A 1 On ðam endlyftan monðe on geare bið XXX
1514daga.
1515NO00 A 2 Se monoð is nemned on læden Nouembres
1516ond on ure geðeode blodmonað, forðon ure yldran,
1517ða hy hæðenne wæron on ðam monðe hy bleoton a, þæt
1518is þæt hy betæhton ond benæmdon hyra
1519deofolgyldum ða neat þa ðe hy woldon syllan.
1520

1 NOVEMBER: ALL SAINTS

    
1521NO01 A 1 On ðone ærystan dæg þæs monðes
1522bið ealra haligra tid.
1523NO01 A 2 Þa tyd æryst gesette Bonefacius
1524se papa on Rome, mydþy þe he on ðone dæg gehalgode
1525to cirican sancta Marian ond eallum Cristes martyrum ðæt
1526deofolgylda hus þæt hy nemnað Pantheon.
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1528hæðene wæron eallum heora deofolgyldum, ond siððan hy
1529cristene wæron, hy ðær weorðedon eallra haligra gemynd.
1530NO01 A 9 Ond se papa ða bebead þæt æghwylce
1531geare se dæg in godes ciricum in cristenum folcum
1532wære on swylcre arwyrðnesse swylce se ærysta dæg in
1533natale domini , þæt is ærysta geohheldæg.
1534

1 NOVEMBER: ST. CAESARIUS

    
1535NO01 B 1 On ðon ilcan dæg bið þæs diacones tid
1536sancti Cesari, se ðrowode martyrdom on Aurelianus
1537dagum þæs caseres.
1538NO01 B 3 Ðone Leontinus se ealdormon het adrencan
1539in strongum streame for Cristes geleafan.
1540NO01 B 5 Ond þæt wæs gewrecen on ðone ilcan
1541dæg.
1542NO01 B 6 Se ealdormon rad þurh sumne wudu.
1543NO01 B 6 Þa ræsde an næddre of holum treowe æt
1544ðam healsetan him

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1545on ðone bosm ond hyne toslat
1546þæt he wæs sona dead.
1547

1 NOVEMBER: ST. BENIGNUS

    
1548NO01 C 1 On ðone ilcan dæg bið þæs
1549mæssepreostes ðrowung sancti Benigni.
1550NO01 C 2 Se com from eastdæle on Galwala mægðe
1551ond eardode in ðam tune þe hatte Spaniaca.
1552NO01 C 4 Ða het Aurelianus se casere hyne mid
1553witum þreatian from Cristes geleafan.
1554NO01 C 5 Ða he þæt ne geþafode, þa het he hyne
1555belucan in carcerne VI dagas ond VI niht ond XII
1556gehyngrede hundas mid him þæt he wære from ðam tobroden.
1557NO01 C 9 Ða wæron him ða hundas milde for godes
1558egesan ond his na ne onhrinon.
1559NO01 C 10 Ða ðy VIan dæge het se casere him
1560forslean þone sweoran.
1561NO01 C 12 Ða sona com fleogan of ðam carcerne
1562snawhwit

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1563culfre, ond seo fleah to heofenum.
1564NO01 C 13 Ond ðær com to ðam lichoman swyðe
1565wynsum stenc ond eac fyrhto mid.
1566NO01 C 15 Ond sum cristen wif on niht genam ðone
1567lichoman ond hyne arwyrðlice bebyrgde, ond æt
1568ðam wæron siððan oft heofonlico mægen.
1569

6 NOVEMBER: ST. WINNOC

    
1570NO06 A 1 On ðone VI dæg þæs monðes bið þæs
1571abbodes geleornes sancti Wunnoci THE WORD wynnoci HAS
1572THE LETTER v WRITTEN ABOVE y IN THE MS .
1573NO06 A 2 He wæs ðæs mynstres hlaford ðe be suðan
1574sæ is nemned Wurmhol, ond he wæs hwæðere swa
1575eaðmod þæt he wolde wyrcan æghwylc ðara weorca þe
1576ðam oðrum broðrum wæs heard ond hefig.
1577NO06 A 6 Ond ætnehstan þa he ealdode ond he ne
1578myhte ute wyrcan, þa wolde he grindan mid his
1579halgum hondum þam broðrum to mete Cristes þam þearfendum.
1580NO06 A 9 Ða sona þa he þære cweorna

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1581nealæhte ond þæt corn þær onlægde þa orn seo cweorn
1582ðurh godcunde miht, ond se abbod beleac ða duru ond
1583stod be ðære cweorna ond song his gebedu.
1584NO06 A 13 Ða ætnehstan wæs ðær swylc
1585genihtsumnes meluwes ðæt hy ðæt ealle wundredon
1586hwonon þæt come.
1587NO06 A 15 Ða sume dæge an ðara broðra locode in
1588ðæt hus þurh an lytel ðyrel.
1589NO06 A 16 Þa gestod seo cweorn sona, ond se mon
1590ablindode.
1591NO06 A 18 Ond hyne ða oðre swiðe afyrhte þanon
1592læddon, ond he sægde þam broðrum þæs mynstres ðæt
1593wundor þæt he ðær geseah.
1594NO06 A 20 Ond ða oðre dæge onleat he wepende to
1595ðæs abbodes fotum ond him bæd forgifnesse, ond
1596ða gebletsode se abbod his eagan on dryhtnes naman, ond he
1597myhte sona geseon.

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1598

7 NOVEMBER: THE BEGINNING OF WINTER

    
1599NO07 A 1 On ðone VII dæg þæs monðes bið wintres
1600fruma THE WORD fruma TAKEN FROM MS C .
1601NO07 A 2 Se winter hafað tu ond hundnigontig daga,
1602ond ðonne gongað þa VII steorran up on æfen
1603ond on dægered on setl.
1604

8 NOVEMBER: THE FOUR CROWNED ONES

    
1605NO08 A 1 On ðone eahtoðan dæg þæs monðes bið
1606ðara martyra þrowung þe we nemnað on gewritum
1607quattuor coronatorum , þæt is þara gesigefæstan weras
1608feower, þara naman wæron Claudius, Castorius,
1609Simfonianus, Nicostratus.
1610NO08 A 5 Ðæt wæron IIII stancræftigan in
1611Rome.
1612NO08 A 6 Þær wæs samod VI hund cræftigena ond
1613XXII ond næron nane oðre him gelice.
1614NO08 A 8 Hy gesenedon ælce morgen heora
1615iserngeloman,

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1616ond ðonne næron hy na tobrocene, ac hy
1617grofon æghwylcne stan swa se casere geðohte.
1618NO08 A 11 Ða wæs ðara cræftigena on naman an
1619Simplicus.
1620NO08 A 12 Ða lyfde se goda ond fulwihte onfeng,
1621ond ða siððan dyde he eall ðæt ða oðre dydon.
1622NO08 A 13 Þa sealde god þissum V cræftegum maran
1623gyfa þonne ðam oðrum.
1624NO08 A 15 Ða wregdon ða oðre cræftigan hy to
1625ðam casere ond sægdon him þæt hy wæron cristene,
1626ond þæt hy þurh drycræft dydon ða cræftlican weorc, for
1627ðe hy þa weorc senodon mid Cristes rodetacne.
1628NO08 A 19 Þa yrsode se casere ond het hy cwice
1629belucan in leadenum cistum ond ða weorpan in
1630flod.
1631NO08 A 21 Ond ða æfter XLIIm daga
1632sum cristen mon ateah ða cista up mid þam lichoman ond asette
1633in his hus, ond siððan wæron monegu wundru ðurh ðas
1634halgan weras geworden.