So waſ he frig[t]ed ear in drem,
ðus meðelike ſpac ðiſ em: | |
“Qui wore ðu fro me for-holen,
1760
And qui aſ ðu min godes ſtolen?
Min mog, min neue, and felage,
Me ne agtes ðu don ſwilc [vn-]lage.”
“[I]c was for-dred ðe migte timen,
1764
fro me ðine doutres bi-nimen, | He complains of the wrong done to him. |
fro here childre ðhogt hem ſor,
mor for me bi-leuen ðor;
ſtalðe ic for-ſake, ðat iſ min red,
1768
wið quam ðu iſ findes, ðat he be dead.” | Jacob denies that he has been guilty of theft. |
Of al ðat laban haued iſ ſogt,
So woren it hid, ne fond he is nogt. | Laban searched for his idols, but found them not. |
Ðo [q]wað iacob, “yuel iſt bi-togen,
1772
Min ſwinc a-buten ðin holðe drogen;
ðu me ranſakes alſ an ðef,
And me was ðin wurðing lef.” | [Fol. 35.]
Then said Jacob, “What is my sin that thou ransackest me as a thief?” |
ðo quat laban, “frend ſule wit ben,
1776
And trewðe pligt nu unc bi-twen,
And make we it her an hil of ſton,
Name of witneſſe be ðer-on;”
ðor-on he eten bliðe and glað, | Quoth Laban, “Friends will we be and plight troth between us.” |
1780
ðat hil iſ hoten galaað;
Laban hem bliſcede, & on nigt | This covenant was made at Gilead. |
wente a-gen-ward, or it waſ ligt;
And iacob waſ of weie rad,
1784
Raðe he was fer fro laban ſad. | Laban departed before daylight. |
Alſ he cam ner cananeam,
Engel wirð a-gen him cam,
Als it were wopnede here,
1788
Redi to ſilden him fro were; | As Jacob drew near to Canaan, he was met by the angels of God. |
ðat ſtede he calde manaim,
ðor ðis wird of engeles metten him.
ðor he bi-lef, and ſente ðeden | That place he called Mahanaim. |
1792
Sondere men to freinen and queðen | Jacob sends messengers to Esau. |
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