B1 Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, 41

A semi-diplomatic transcription of the final scribal state

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Poem

Nu ƿe herıgan sculon| heofonrıces ƿeard

metodes mıhte [1]| ond hıs modgeþanc

ƿeorc ƿuldorgodes| sƿa he ƿundra fela

éce [2] drıhten ord| astealde

5 he ærest sceop eorðan bear|num

heofon to hrofe halıg scyp|pend

þe mıddangeard manncynnes| ƿeard

éce [3] drıhten æfter teode|

fyrum foldan frea ælmıhtıg[4]|

Notes

[1]mıhte|] <h> written over ink smudges.

[2]éce] With accent over first <e> in lighter ink.

[3]éce] With accent over first <e> in lighter ink.

[4]ælmıhtıg|] Dobbie 1937 reads a point after this word.