The Gothic Gospel of Saint Matthew: from the Codex Argenteus of the fourth century; with the corresponding English, or Saxon, from the Durham book of the eighth century in Roman characters ... |
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aiththau Aldred appulse baurgs beeth Benzelius bith bithon borough CHAPTER CODEX ARGENTEUS cueth cuom cwitha izwis cwithandans cwithands cyme Dada Do-right doen doeth Durham Book Eadfrith English eortho etymology f˜thon forthon gang Germ give Gloss Godes Gospel Goth Gothic Gothic language Greek Hæl Hælend Healing-one heaven heonu hine hiora huæt Iaisus ilka imma izwar jabai Jah cwath Jesus John language Latin learned leika letters lichoma Luke meina mickle mith thy monigo monno quoth quothen saei Saxon seinai soothly soth sothlice sound suæ swa swe tha ilco thæm thai thaim thamma thana thanes Thanuh thata thatei thec thee thegn thein therh thin thine thon thone thonne thou thuk tongue unte unto uutedlice vellum warth weron Whiter whoso word wrought wroughten Yea quoth yfle
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Page 13 - For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve, saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be brought before Caesar: and, lo, God hath given thee all them that sail with thee.
Page 26 - ... (Howe'er you come to know it,) answer me : Though you untie the winds, and let them fight Against the churches ; though the yesty waves Confound and swallow navigation up; Though bladed corn be lodg'd, and trees blown down; Though castles topple on their warders...
Page 43 - Like night, and darken'd all the land of Nile ; So numberless were those bad angels seen, Hovering on wing under the cope of hell, 'Twixt upper, nether, and surrounding fires : Till, as a signal given , the...
Page 75 - Among them were Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.
Page 38 - Besides, to change their pasture 't is in vain, Or trust to physic : physic is their bane. The learned leeches in despair depart, And shake their heads, desponding of their art.
Page 43 - As when the potent rod Of Amram's son, in Egypt's evil day, Wav'd round the coast, up call'da pitchy cloud Of locusts, warping on the eastern wind, That o'er the realm of impious Pharaoh hung Like night, and darken'd all the land of Nile : So numberless were those bad Angels seen Hovering on wing under the cope of Hell, 'Twixt upper, nether, and surrounding fires...
Page 42 - ... swigljans [jah haurnjans haurnjandans] jah managein auhjondein, qab du im: 24 afleibib, unte ni gaswalt so mawi, ak slepib. jah bihlohun ina. 25 banuh ban usdribana warb so managei, atgaggands inn habaida handu izos, jah urrais so mawi. 26 jah usiddja meriba so and alla jaina airba. 27 jah hjarbondin lesna jainbro, laietidedun afar imma twai blindans, hropjandans jah qibandans: armai uggkis, sunau Daweküs!
Page 24 - It is a trifling etymology that barely refers us to some word in another language, either the same or similar : unless the meaning of the word and cause of its imposition ca'n be discovered by such reference.
Page 44 - ... that virtuous and harmless good man, Mr. Gilbert Wakefield. For he had, shortly before his death, agreed with me to undertake, in conjunction, a division and separation of the Latin tongue into two parts : placing together in one division all that could be clearly shown to be Greek ; and in the other division, all that could be clearly shown to be of Northern extraction. And I cannot forbear mentioning to you this circumstance ; not to revive your grief for the loss of a valuable man who deserved...
Page 32 - Ib lesus qab du imma: laistei afar mis jah let bans daubans filhan seinans daubans. 23 Jah innatgaggandin imma in skip, afariddjedun imma siponjos is. 24 Jah sai, vegs mikils varb in marein, svasve bata skip gahulib vairpan fram vegim; ip is saislep.