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Ælfric, PrefGenx §31-38

Ælfric of Eynsham, Preface to Genesis Assignment 6 — ed. nhar2016

Not published: do not cite (Ælfric, PrefGenx §31-38)

Ælfric of EynshamPreface to Genesis Assignment
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Hi cweþaþ eac oft be Paul, hwi hi ne moton habban wif, swa swa Petrus se apostol hæfde, and hi nellað gehiran ne witan, þæt se eadiga Petrus leofede æfter Moises æ, oþ þæt Crist, þe on þam timan to mannum com and began to bodienne his halige godspel and geceas Petrum ærest him to geferan: þa forlet Petrus þærrihte his wif, and ealle þa twelf apostolas, þa þe wif hæfdon, forleton ægþer ge wif ge æhta, and folgodon Cristes lare to þære niwan æ and clænnisse, þe he silf þa arærde.

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