Die ältere Genesis. [The text of the Junius Manuscript of Caedmon's ...

V. 387—410. Kains Bestrafung. 15.
Him da se cystleasa cwealmes wyrhta
(1005) sedre ?efter |)on andswarode:
'Ne can ic Abeles ör ne före,
390 'hleomseges sid: ne ic hyrde wpes
'^bröder mines!' — Him |)ä brego engla,
gödspedig gast gean |)ingade:
(1010) 'Hwffit befealdest |)Q folmum J)inum
'wrädura on waslbedd w^rf8es[t]ne rinc,
395 'brödor J)inne, ond bis blöd tö me
"^cleopad ond clged? Pü J)fe3 cwealmes scealt
Svite vv?innan ond on wreec bweorfan
(1015) 'äwyrged tö widan aldre: ne seled pe wsestmas
eorde
'wlitige tö woruldnytte, ac heo wseldreore swealb
400 'bälge of bandum |)Iniim: for|)on heo |)e brödra
oftibd
'glgemes grene foide. fü scealt geömor bweorfan,
'ärleas of earde |)Inum, swä J)ü Abele wurde
(1020) 'tö feorhbanan: for|)on pO flema scealt
'widläst wrecan, winemägura lad!'
405 Him |)ä [^dre] Cain ow(7swarode:
'Ne J)earf ic ^nigre äre wen an
'on woruldrice, ac ic forworht btebbe,
(1025) 'beofona beahcyning, byldo |)ine,
'lufan ond freode: for|)on ic ||
lästas sceal [8.49]
410 'wean on wenum wIde lecgan,
Qui respondit: 'Nescio. (390) Nam custos fratris mei sum
ego?' 10. Dixitque ad eum: 'Quid fecisti? Vox sanguinis fratris tui
clamat ad me de terra. 11. Nunc igitur maledictus eris super
terram, quae aperuit os suum et suscepit sanguinem fratris tui
(400) de manu tua 12. Cum operatus fueris eam, non dabit tibi
fructus suos: vagus et profugus eris super terram.' 13. Dixitque
Cain ad dominum : 'Maior est iniquitas mea, quam ut veniam
merear.
893 befelldest Bon. 394 fiestne Th.