NUNC DIMITTIS

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. "In Purificatione S. Mariae"; B.1.1.10; Thorpe I, 136, 142-4.
in MSS CUL Gg.3.28, fols 29v-33; BL Royal 7.C.xii, fols 46-51v; BL
Cotton Vitellius C.v, fols 57v-64; CCCC 188, pp 63-73; Oxford,
Bodleian Bodley 340, fols 45v-52; Oxford, Bodleian Bodley 343, fols
72-74; Oxford, Bodleian Hatton 114, fols 22v-30; CCCC 198, fols
64v-73; CCCC 178, pp 210-10.

[textual conflation by Thorpe]:
"Min Drihten, $d%u forl$a%tst me nu mid sibbe of $p%issum life,
after $p%inum worde; for$d%on $p%e mine eagan gesawon $p%inne
Halwendan, $d%one $d%u gearcodest $a%tforan ansyne ealles folces;
leoht to onwrigennysse $p%eoda, and wuldor $p%inum folce Israhele
... Drihten, $p%u forl$a%tst me nu on sibbe of $d%ysum life,
for$d%on $p%e mine eagan habba$d% gesewen $d%inne Halwendan ...
$D%one $p%u gearcodest $a%tforan gesih$d%e ealle folces...He is
leoht to onwrigennysse $d%eoda, and wuldor $p%inum folce Israhel".

LIVES OF SAINTS

I. "De Transitu Mariae AEgyptiace"; B.3.3.23 (not thought to be
AElfric); Skeat XXIIIB, vol. II, 46.
in MSS Gloucester Cathedral 35, fols 4-6v; B.L. Cotton Julius
E.vii, fols 122v-36; B.L. Cotton Otho B.X, fol '76v' [fragmentary]:

[partial]: "forl$a%t nu drihten $p%ine $p%eowene $a%fter $p%inum
worde in sibbe faran. for$p%on $p%e mine eagan gesawon $p%ine
h$a%lo".

REFERENCES IN AELFRIC

CATHOLIC HOMILIES I

I. "In Purificatione S. Mariae"; B.1.1.10; Thorpe I, 136, 142-4.
in MSS CUL Gg.3.28, fols 29v-33; BL Royal 7.C.xii, fols 46-51v; BL
Cotton Vitellius C.v, fols 57v-64; CCCC 188, pp 63-73; Oxford,
Bodleian Bodley 340, fols 45v-52; Oxford, Bodleian Bodley 343, fols
72-74; Oxford, Bodleian Hatton 114, fols 22v-30; CCCC 198, fols
64v-73; CCCC 178, pp 210-10.