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Ælfric, PrefGenx §18-24

Ælfric of Eynsham, Preface to Genesis Assignment 4 — ed. dlas9023

Not published: do not cite (Ælfric, PrefGenx §18-24)

Ælfric of EynshamPreface to Genesis Assignment
12-1818-2425-31

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The new edition is either unpublished or unavailable. The following is taken from an old edition (Skj where relevant):

On anginne þisere worulde nam se broþer hys swuster to wife and hwilon eac se fæder tymde be his agenre dehter, and manega hæfdon ma wifa to folces eacan and man ne mihte þa æt fruman wifian buton on his siblingum. Gyf hwa wyle nu swa lybban æfter Cristes tocyme, swa swa men leofodon ær Moises æ oþþe under Moises æ, ne byð se man na cristen ne he furþon wyrðe ne byð þæt him ænig cristen man mid ete.

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