II. Saint Godric’s Hymns

“Royal 5 F vii, British Museum ... apparently an inserted leaf. This leaf ... belongs to the beginning of the thirteenth century....”

A

S

ainte marie uirgine

moder ihesu cristes nazarene

onfo schild help þin godric ·

onfang bring heȝilich wið þe in godes riche ·

S

ainte marie xpistes bur

maidenes clenhad moderes flur ·

dilie min sinne rix in min mod ·

bring me `to´ winne wið þe selfd God.

B

Crist and sainte marie swa on scamel me iledde

þat ic on þis erðe ne silde wid mine bare fote i tredie ·

C

S

ainte Nicholaes godes druð ·

tymbre us faire scone hus ·

At þi burth at þi bare.

Sainte nicholaes, bring vs wel þare.