MAGNIFICAT

Old English
delimiters OE aesc = $a%  uppercase aesc = $A%
                OE thorn = $p%  uppercase thorn = $P%
                OE eth = $d%  uppercase eth = $D%

HOMILIES

AELFRIC

CATHOLIC HOMILIES I


I. "Annunciatio S. Mariae"; B.1.1.14; Thorpe I, 202-4.
in MSS CUL Gg.3.28, fols 41-44v; BL Royal 7.C.xii, fols 66-71; BL
Cotton Vitellius C.v, fols 79-84v; CCCC 188, pp 138-47; Oxford,
Bodleian Bodley 340, fols 81-86v; Oxford, Bodleian Bodley 343, fols
47v-50; Oxford, Bodleian Hatton 114, fols 30-36v; CCCC 303, pp 141-
4; CCCC 198, fols 103v-10; BL Cotton Vespasian D.xiv, fols 168v-9
[imperfect]; CCCC 178, pp 164-73; BL Cotton Vitellius D.xvii, fol
'164' [all lost]:

[full version omitted from Thorpe, taken here below from Bodley
343, fol 49v; and later articles conflated by Thorpe]:
"min sawl$a% m$a%rs$a%$d% drihten 7 mi gast blissae$d% on mine
halwendum gode. for$p%an $d%e he iseah $d%a eadmodnesse his
$p%inene; Efne nu for$p%ys alle m$a%g$d%a mon cynnes hatae$d% me
eadigae 7 iselige 7 godes mildheortnes is from m$a%g$d%e to
m$a%g$d%e ofer $d%a $d%e hine ondred$a%$p% he gefremnede mucele
mihte on his strenc$d%e 7 to stencte $p%a modigaen. he awearp $p%a
ricen of setle 7 he ahof $p%a eadmoden. he fylde $p%a hungri$a%n
mid his gode 7 he forlet $p%a ric$a%n ydele. he underfeng isr$a%l
his cnap$a%n imyndig his mildheordnesse swa swa he sp$a%c to ure
f$a%derum abrahame 7 his offsprunge on worulde...min sawul
m$a%rsa$d% Drihten...God awearp $d%a rican of setle...And he ahof
$d%a eadmodan...God gefyl$d% $p%a hingrigendan mid his godum...He
forlet $d%a rican idele...God underfeng his cnapan Israhel...Swa
swa he spr$a%c to urum f$a%derum Abrahame and his ofspringe on
worulda".

other texts are in West Saxon Gospels, Rushworth Gospels,
Lindisfarne Gospels, (Godden, _ASE_ 19, p 42).

BLICKLING HOMILIES

I. "Annuntio S. Mariae"; B.1.1; Morris 1874-80, 5, 13.
in Scheide Library MS 71, pp 192-3:
"..Gemycclige min saul Drihten..(13)..$P%a hingrigendan he
gefylle$p% mid godum, & $p% welegan he forl$a%te$p% on
idelnesse%.."

II. "Assumptio S. Mariae Virginis"; B.1.1; Morris 1874-80, 159.
in Scheide Library MS 71, fol    [OE interspersed with Latin, see
_Magnificat_, and degenerating into a highly individual exegesis]:
"Magnifica$p%..Min Drihten, gemycla mine sauwle..& gedo $p%$a%t min
gast wynsumige on $p%onre h$a%lo, for$p%on $p%e $p%u eart so$p%
God...for$p%on $p%u nu sceawa $p%ines m$a%g(d)ened ea$p%modnesse,
& min Drihten..Gedo $p%u $p%$a%t eall cynn cwe$p%e $p%$a%t ic sy
seo eadgoste f$a%mne...for$p%on $p%u me dydest mycel & $p%u eart
mihtig & $p%in nama halig...& $p%in mildheortnes is mid eallum
$p%$a%m cynne $p%e $p%e him ondr$a%da$p%...& he dyde mycle mihte on
his ear[m]an, & he tod$a%lde ealle $p%a $p%e $p%$a%r w$a%ron
ofermode on heora heortan, & noldan on hine getrywan...& he asette
$p$a mihtigan of heora setle & $p%$a%t w$a%s Satanas mid his
deoflum, $p%a he $w$a%s on heofena rice, & he $p%a for his
oferhygdum & his deoflum mid him wurdon aworpene on helle grund &
Drihten ealle ea$p%mode upahef$p% on ecnesse...& $p%a w$a%s Sancta
Maria cwe$p$ende $p%$a%t Drihten ealle $p%a gefylde on heofona
wuldres f$a%gernesse $p%a $p%e hie on eor$p%an leton hingrian &
$p%yrstan for his naman; & ealle $p%a men $p%a $p%e onfengon welan
& on oferfylle swi$p%or gehyhton $p%onne on God, & hie sylfe swa
forleton on idelnesse, $p%onne gegearwode he $p%$a%m ece
forwyrde...& Israhe; onfeh$p% eallum his cnihtum & w$a%s gemyndig
ealre his mildheortnesse; swa Matheus w$a%s cwe$p%ende $p%$a%t
Drihten astige on sume tid on anne munt mid myccle weorode his
haligra; & $p%a ges$a%t he on $p%$a%m munte...& $p%a eodan his
$p%egnas to him; & $p%a ontynde H$a%lend his mu$d% & w$a%s
sprecende to urum f$a%derum & to Abrahame & w$a%s cwe$p%ende
$p%$a%t his s$a%d oferweoxe ealle $p%as woruld."


REFERENCES IN AELFRIC

CATHOLIC HOMILIES I

I. "Annunciatio S. Mariae"; B.1.1.14; Thorpe I, 202-4.
in MSS CUL Gg.3.28, fols 41-44v; BL Royal 7.C.xii, fols 66-71; BL
Cotton Vitellius C.v, fols 79-84v; CCCC 188, pp 138-47; Oxford,
Bodleian Bodley 340, fols 81-86v; Oxford, Bodleian Bodley 343, fols
47v-50; Oxford, Bodleian Hatton 114, fols 30-36v; CCCC 303, pp 141-
4; CCCC 198, fols 103v-10; BL Cotton Vespasian D.xiv, fols 168v-9
[imperfect]; CCCC 178, pp 164-73; BL Cotton Vitellius D.xvii, fol
'164' [all lost].