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Ælfric, PrefGenx §97-102

Ælfric of Eynsham, Preface to Genesis Assignment 17 — ed. ltoo8781

Not published: do not cite (Ælfric, PrefGenx §97-102)

Ælfric of EynshamPreface to Genesis Assignment
92-9697-102102-108

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The new edition is either unpublished or unavailable.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

Nu is seo foresæde boc on manegum stowum swyðe nearolice gesett, and ðeah swyðe deoplice on ðam gastlican andgyte; and heo is swa geendebyrd, swa swa God sylf hi gedihte ðam writere Moyse, and we ne durron na mare awritan on Englisc þonne ðæt Leden hæfð, ne ða endebyrdnysse awendan, buton ðam anum, ðæt ðæt Leden and ðæt Englisc nabbað na ane wisan on ðære spræce fandunge.

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