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

24 V. 626-653. Die Bosheit der Menschen.
rüme under roderum, rim miclade
monna m^gde geond middangeard
(1245) sunum ond dohtrum. E)ä giet wses Sethes cynn,
leofes leodfrurnan on lufan swide
630 drihtne dyre ond dömeadig, XX.
OD l*MT bearn godes bryda ongunnon
on Cäines cynne secan,
(1250) wergum folce, 07id him J>£er wlf curon
ofer metodes est monna eaforan^
635 scyldfulra msegd scyne ond färgere.
I^a reordade rodora-waldend
wräd moncynnne ond |)ä worde cwsed:
(1255) 'Ne syndon me on ierhde free from gewitene,
'cneorisn Caines, ac me lisef cynn hafad
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640 'säre äbolgen. Nu me Sethes bearn [S. 64]
'torn niwiad ond him tö nimad
'mseged tö gemseccum minra feonda:
(1260) '^f)8Br wifa wlite onwöd grome,
'idesa ansien ond ece feond
645 'folcdriht wera, |)ä sbr on fride w^eron.'
Siddan hundtwelftig geteled rime
wintra on worulde wrEece bisgedon
(1265) fäege J)eoda, hwonne frea wolde
on wärlogan wite settan
650 ond on dead slean d^dura scyldige
gigantm seegas, gode unleofe,
micle mänsceadan, metode lade.
(1270) Pä geseah selfa sigoro waldend,
VI, 1. Cumque coepissent homines multiphcari super terram, et
filias procreassent, 2. videntes fihi dei fiUas hominum, quod essent
pulchrae, (631) acceperunt sibi uxores ex omnibus, quas elegerant.
3. Dixitque deus: (638) "^Non permanebit spiritus meus in homine
in aeternum, quia caro est: eruntque dies illius CXX annorum.'
(650) 4. Gigantes autem erant super terram in diebus illis;
639 cneoriss Di. 647 bisgedon ] e ubergeschr.