The Metrical Epilogue to MS 41, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge

Sacred Texts Legends and Sagas WordGumbo: Old English Dictionaries [External Site] Index Previous Next The Metrical Epilogue to MS 41, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge Verse Indeterminate Saxon - Bidde ic eac æghwylcne mann, brego, rices weard, þe þas boc ræde and þa bredu befo, fira aldor, þæt gefyrðrige þone writre wynsum cræfte - 5 - þe ðas boc awrat bam handum twam, þæt he mote manega gyt mundum synum geendigan, his aldre to willan, and him þæs geunne se ðe ah ealles geweald, rodera waldend, þæt he on riht mote - 10 - oð his daga ende drihten herigan. Amen. Geweorþe þæt.