The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church Containing the Sermones Catholici, or Homilies of Ælfric, in the Original Anglo-Saxon, with an English Version. Volume I.

Thaet sixte geb['e]d is, "Et ne nos inducas in temptationem:" thaet is, "Ne gedhafa, dhu God, thaet we beon gelaedde on costnunge." Odher is costnung, odher is fandung. God ne c...

Nu smeadh sum ungeleafful man, Hu maeg ic gewilnian dhaes gastlican leohtes, thaet thaet ic geseon ne maeg? Nu cwedhe ic to dham menn, thaet dha dhing the h['e] understynt and u...

Nu mage ge, gebrodhru, understandan, gif ge wylladh, thaet twa dhing syndon: ['a]n is Scyppend, odher is gesceaft. He is Scyppend sedhe gesceop and geworhte ealle dhing of nahte...

There was there, in the city of Jerusalem, a man of God, and his name was Simeon; he was very righteous, and had {137} great fear of God, and he awaited the comfort which was pr...

Now said the expounder Gregory, that it came to his mind, how the Jews cried out concerning Christ, when he was fastened on the cross. They said, "If he be the king of Israel, t...

Wulf bidh eac se unrihtwisa rica, dhe bereafadh tha cristenan, and dha eadmodan mid his riccetere ofsitt: ac se hyra, odhdhe se m['e]dgylda ne gedyrstlaecdh thaet he his unrihtw...

We will say to you a parable. No man may make himself a king, for the people have the option to choose him for king who is agreeable to them: but after that he has been hallowed...

With the same three things with which the devil overcame the first-created man, Christ overcame and prostrated him. Through greediness the devil tempted Christ, when he said, "S...

Tha waes se deofol aene oferswidhed fram Criste. "And he dha hine genam, and baer upp on thaet templ, and hine sette aet {170} dham scylfe, and cwaedh to him, Gif dhu Godes Sunu...

They took the example of the fast from the people of Nineveh. That people was very sinful: then would God destroy them, but they appeased him with their penitence. God spake to...

Let us now hear concerning the Holy Ghost, what he is. He is the Will and the true Love of the Father and of the Son, through whom all things are quickened and preserved, concer...

Tha Nero thaet geseah, dha wende h['e] thaet he Godes Sunu waere. Petrus cwaedh thaet h['e] Godes widhersaca waere, and mid leasum dr['y]craefte forscyldigod, and cwaedh thaet h...

God dhurh his witegan us bebead thaet we sceolon hine herian and m['ae]rsian on his halgum, on dham he is wundorlic: micele swidhor gedafenadh thaet we hine on dhisre maeran fre...

Se cyning cwaedh to his dhegnum, "Bindadh thone misscryddan h['a]ndum and f['o]tum, and wurpadh into dham yttrum theostrum, thaer bidh w['o]p and todha gebitt." Tha h['a]nda and...

Now says the expositor, that no wild beast, neither among the four-footed nor the creeping, is to be compared with an evil woman. What among the four-footed is fiercer than a li...

Then there was rapidly a great increase of people, and very many were turned to evil, and exasperated God with various crimes, and above all with fornication. Then was God so ex...

Mine gebrodhra, uton geefenlaecan be sumum daele swa miccles lareowes geleafan, and swa maeres cydheres lufe. Uton lufian ure gebrodhra on Godes geladhunge mid swilcum mode swa...

Se halga Gregorius us trahtnode thyses godspelles digelnysse thus undergynnende: Drihten ure Alysend ['u]s gewilnadh gearwe gemetan, and forthi cydde dha yfelnyssa dhe folgiadh...

Dha deadan fell getacnodon thaet h['i] waeron dha deadlice the mihton beon undeadlice, gif hi heoldon thaet eadhelice Godes bebod. Ne thorfte Adam ne eal mancynn the him sidhdha...

Tha cwaedon his twegen leorning-cnihtas, Febus and Cornelius, "Eala ge gebrodhra, uton anmodlice biddan urne Drihten, thaet h['e] us geswutelige dha arwurdhfullan andweardnysse...

Wite dheah-hwaedhere gehw['a], thaet nan man butan earfodhnyssum ne becymdh to dhaere ecan reste, thadha Crist sylf nolde his agen rice butan micelre earfodhnysse astigan: swa e...

"The people, who saw that miracle, said of Christ, that he was the true prophet who was to come." In one sense they said the truth: he was a prophet, for he knew all future thin...

We will, for the confirmation of your faith, relate to you the nativity of our Saviour, according to the order of the gospel: how he on this present day was born in true humanit...

Nu w['i]gliadh stunte men menigfealde w['i]gelunga on dhisum daege, mid micclum gedwylde, aefter haedhenum gewunan, ongean heora cristendom, swylce h['i] magon heora l['i]f gele...

"Then was a thane, called Ananias, and his wife Sapphira: they said between themselves, that they would incline to the fellowship of the apostles. They then resolved, that it wo...

Now saith the evangelist, that Mary, after the annunciation of the angel, went to her cousin Elizabeth, who was the wife of Zacharias. They were both righteous, and held God's {...

Nu cwedhadh oft stunte men thaet hi be gewyrde lybban sceolon, swylce God h['i] neadige to yfel-daedum! Ac we wylladh thyssera stuntra manna ydele leasunge adwaescan mid deopnys...

Seo halige raeding cwydh, "Se tyma cymdh thaet dhine fynd dhe ymbsittadh mid ymbtrymminge, and dhe on aelce healfe {410} genyrwiadh, and to eordhan the astreccadh, and dhine bea...

The baptism of Christ to come he preached to all believers, in which is forgiveness of sins through the Holy Ghost. John also, by God's direction, baptized those who came to him...

Behold, while the apostle was speaking this lecture, a certain widow bare her son to be buried, who had been married thirty days before. The afflicted mother, together with the...

Hwaet dha, Egeas hine gebealh, and het sceofan thone apostol on sweartum cwearterne. Thaer com dha micel menigu ealre dhaere scire to dham cwearterne, and woldon Egeam acwellan,...

Hereupon Aegeas was wroth, and ordered the apostle to be thrust into a swart prison. There came then a great multitude of all the province to the prison, and would slay Aegeas,...

Ic Aelfric munuc and maessepreost, swa theah waccre thonne swilcum hadum gebyrige, weardh asend on Aethelredes daege cyninges fram Aelfeage biscope, Adhelwoldes aeftergengan, to...

There was then a great doubt among the townsfolk concerning the church, whether they should go in, or should hallow it. Whereupon they raised a church in the east part of the pl...

We should, by obedience, and continence, and humility, unanimously proceed to our home, and with holy virtues require the country, which we lost through sins. Rightly was the tr...

Thes Herodes, dhe Iohannem beheafdian h['e]t, and on dhaes Haelendes dhrowunge Pilate dham ealdormenn gedhafode, and hine to his dome betaehte, waes dhaes odhres Herodes sunu, d...

The Lord wondered at the centurion's faith, not because he knew it not before, who knows all things, but he to whom he was wonderful manifested to men his faith with praise. Whe...

But some of those holy spirits, who continued with their Creator, come sent to us, and announce future things. Some of them, by God's direction, work signs and frequently miracl...

Fram dham halgan easterlican daege sind getealde fiftig daga to thysum daege, and thes daeg is geh['a]ten Pentecostes, thaet is, se fifteogodha daeg dhaere easterlican tide. The...

{79} Matthew wrote, in the first book of Christ, in these words, of the birth-time of Jesus, and said, "When Jesus was born in the Judaean Bethlehem, in the days of Herod the ki...

In quodam tractu, qui estimatur S[=ci] Hilarii fuisse, sic inuenimus scriptum, sicut Anglice hic interpretauimus, et ad testimonium ipsam Latinitatem posuimus: "Demones credunt...

"There was then a servant of God within the city, his name was Ananias, to whom the Lord spake in these words, Ananias, arise, and go to my servant Saul, who is praying for my m...

Hezekiah also sent his counsellors clad in haircloth to the prophet Isaiah, thus saying, "Raise thy prayers for the people of Israel, that the Almighty God may hear the calumnie...

Thadha h['e] dhanon gewende, dha waes his l['a]reow Sixtus mid his twam diaconum of dham cwearterne gelaedd, aetforan dham casere Decium. He weardh tha geh['a]thyrt ongean dhone...

If any one ask how this happened, we say, that this martyr had spent his life in a lay condition, when, through the persecution of heathen men, for belief in Christ, he was mart...

Tha becom se apostol aet sumum saele to thaere byrig Pergamum, thaer dha foresaedan cnihtas i['u] aer eardodon, and gesawon heora dheowan mid godewebbe gefreatewode, and on woru...

Simon said, "Thou good king, thou understandest not the plot of these two men against me. I am the Truth, but these thwart me. Command now a high tower to be raised, that I may...

We have frequently seen that those brethren, who have not fallen into deadly sins, are not altogether so careful to practise a hard course of life, as though they were careless...

After this the chief officer sent, and commanded Hippolytus to lead Lawrence to the king's court. Hippolytus with humble speech made known that command to the blessed Lawrence....

Manegum mannum is cudh seo halige st['o]w S[=ce] Michaheles, on thaere d['u]ne the is geh['a]ten Garganus. Seo d['u]n stent on Campania landes gemaeron, widh tha s['ae] Adriatic...

It then happened that the beggar died, and angels bare his soul to the dwelling of the patriarch Abraham; and the rich man's spirit after death was sunk into hell; and he then w...

We should not be hopeless, though in this present church many are evil and few good; for Noah's ark on the waves of the great flood was a type of this church, and it was in the...

In this edition accented letters are denoted as ['a] etc. Aesc, eth and thorn have been expanded to ae, dh and th. The equals signs, eg S[=CI], denote scribal abbreviations by o...

--_2, l. 3 f. b._ geendung thyssere worulde. _It was an universal belief at the time throughout Europe, that the world was to end in the year 1000_: M. Michelet _has collected t...