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120 OLD HIGH GERMAN PRIMER<br />
(i) Rhabanus Mauros :<br />
St. Matthew.<br />
'<br />
Expositio in Matthaeum,' for the Gospel of<br />
'<br />
(a) Beda :<br />
Expositio in Lucam,' for the Gospel of St. Luke.<br />
(3) Alcuin '<br />
Commentaria : super lohannem,' for the Gospel of St. John.<br />
'<br />
De divinis officiis,' for the first chapter of Book V. '<br />
De fide sanctae<br />
et individuae trinitatis,' for the twenty-third chapter of Book V.<br />
(4) The works of Pope Gregory and St. Augu'stine.<br />
A very handy edition of the poem is by O. Erdmann, Halle, 1882.<br />
In the f<strong>ol</strong>lowing extracts Otfrid's stress accents have been retained, but<br />
for practical reasons I have thought<br />
it advisable to mark the long vowels<br />
of stem syllables.<br />
LIBER EVANGELIORUM PRIMUS.<br />
4. I. Cur scriptor hunc librum theotisce dictaverit.<br />
Vuas liuto filu in fli^e, in managemo dgalei^e,<br />
sie thaz, in scrip gicleiptin, thaz, sie iro namon breittin;<br />
Sie the*s in io gilicho fli^un gualllcho,<br />
in buachon man gime'inti thio iro chuanheiti.<br />
Tharana datun sie ouh thaz,<br />
duam :<br />
6ugdun iro uufsduam,<br />
5<br />
6ugdun iro cldini in thes tfhtonnes reini.<br />
1^ ist dl thuruh not so kldino gir^dinot,<br />
i^ dunkal eigun fiintan, zisamane gibuntan,<br />
Sie ouh in thfu gisagetin, thag then thio buah nirsmahetin,<br />
ioh uu61 er sih firuue'sti, then Idsan i^ gilusti. ib<br />
Zi thiu mag man ouh ginoto managero thfoto<br />
hiar namon nu gizdllen ioh suntar gine'nnen.<br />
Sar Kriachi ioh Romani<br />
i^<br />
machont so gizami,<br />
i^ machont sie al ginistit, so thfh es uu<strong>ol</strong>a lustit;<br />
Sie machont iz,<br />
so r^hta^ ioh so fflu sldhta^, 15<br />
iz ist gifuagit al in ein selp so hdlphantes bein.
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