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The English Village Community

Note 197 — Chapter V · MANORS AND SERFDOM UNDER SAXON RULE.

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Alfred's Blossom Gatherings out of St. Augustine. British Museum, Vit. A. xv. f. 1:—Gaderode me þonne kigclas stuþan sceaftas lohsceaftas hylfa to ælcum þara tola þe ic mid pircan cuðe bohtimbru bolt timbru to ælcum þara peorca þe ic pyrcan cuðe þa plitegostan treopo be þam dele ðe ic aberan meihte. ne com ic naþer mid anre byrðene ham þe me ne lyste ealne þane pude ham brengan gif ic hyne ealne aberan meihte. on ælcum treopo ic geseah hpæt hpugu þæs þe ic æt ham beþorfte. For þam ic lære ælcne ðara þe maga si ma[nigne] wæn hæbbe he menige to þam ilcan puda þar ic ðas stuðan sceaftas cearf. Fetige hym þar ma gefeðrige hys pænas mid fegrum gerdum þat he mage pindan manigne smicerne pan manig ænlic hus settan fegerne tun timbrian þara þær murge softe mid mæge oneardian ægðer ge pintras ge sumeras spa spa ic nu ne gyt ne dyde. Ac se þe me lærde þam se pudu licode se mæg gedon ic softor eardian ægðer ge on þisum lænan stoclife be þis pæge ða phile þe ic on þisse peorulde beo ge eac on þam hecan hame ðe he us gehaten hefð þurh scanctus augustinus sēs gregorius scanctus Ieronimus purh manege oððre halie fædras spa ic gelyfe. eac he gedo for heora ealra earnum ge ægðer ge þisne peig gelimpfulran gedo þonne he ær þissum pes ge hure mines modes eagan to þam ongelihte ic mage rihtne peig aredian to þam ecan hame to þam ecan are to þare ecan reste þe us gehaten is þurh þa halgan fæderas sie spa. Nis hit nan pundor þeah m[an] sp[ylce] on timber gepirce eac on þæ[re] lade eac on þære bytlinge. ac ælcne man lyst siððan he ænig cotlyf on his hlafordes læne myd his fultume getimbred hæfð he hine mote hpilum þar ongerestan. huntigan. fulian. fiscian. his on gehpilce pisan to þære lænan tilian ægþær ge on se ge on lande oð oð þone fyrst þe he bocland æce yrfe þurh his hlafordes miltse geearnige. spa gedo se pile ga gidfola seðe egðer pilt ge þissa lænena stoclife ge þara ecena hama. Seðe ægþer gescop ægðeres pilt forgife me me to ægðrum onhagige ge her nytpyrde to beonne ge huru þider to cumane.—For the text of this passage I am indebted to Mr. Thompson.

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