Alcuin, De natiuitate domini ſermo

nu ſculo þer hæyra. Kirkiu ſtuldr ok rán. man dráp. lang ræke

you shall now hear: church-theft and robbery, manslaughter, long-held grudges

.

.

ofund. ofmetnaðr. mykillǽte. hordómr. of dryccia. ſtuldr. ok allr

envy, pride, arrogance, whoredom, drunkenness, theft and all

ranglæicr. lauſung. mein æiðar. mutu fe. ok trva a liflyf qvenna

injustice, looseness, perjury, bribes, and belief in women's potions

eða gerningaʀ.

or sorceries,

eða a ſpa ſꜵgumſpa ſꜵgur. þat er allt diofulſ craftr. ok

or in prophecies. That is all the devil's craft, and

með þvi ſvicvir hann fleſta menn fra

with it he lures most men away from

Criſti ok til hælvitiſ. fyrir

Christ and to hell. For

þvi ſcolum ver við þvi ollu ſia. ok við ó pryði ok

that reason we must guard against all of it, and against unseemliness and

of drambe

excessive pride

atvꜵro við hana hve

carefully of her how

opt ſá bardage køme at henne. eða

often that attack came upon her, or

ef noccor læcning læge

whether any healing might be had

henni til bota. Hon ok ſagðe þa illu ſot á

for her relief. She said too that the evil sickness, in

hverium mꜵnaðe

every month,

vitia ſin. ok enga læcning lyf eða galldra cvað

visited her, and no healing, medicine or spells, she said,

hon ſér at hialpum

could be of help to her.

verða. Nu í þæim harme ok u fagnaðe er þau

Now in the grief and misery which they

hꜵfðu beðet

had suffered,

bæðe hiun. þa callaðe hon á hinni hælgu møy Mariu

both of them, husband and wife, she called on the holy maiden Mary,

er viſt er

who certainly is

at ſꜵnnu miſcunnar moðer. ok á hinn hælga Olaf

truly the mother of mercy, and on the holy Olaf