and mōdor, and hyne tō his wīfe geþēot; and bēoð twēgen on ānum flǣsce?[1]
6. Witodlīce ne synt hig twēgen, ac ān flǣsc. Ne getwǣme nān mann þā ðe God gesomnode.[2]
7. Đā cwǣdon hig, Hwī hēt Moyses syllan hīwgedāles bōc, and hig forlǣton?[3]
8. Đā cwæð hē, Moyses for ēower heortan heardnesse lȳfde ēow ēower wīf tō forlǣtenne; [sōðlīce næs hyt on frymðe swā.][4]
9. Sōþlīce ic secge ēow, Swā hwā swā forlǣtt hys wīf, būton for forligere, and ōþer fetað, sē unrihthǣmð; and sē ðe forlǣtene æfter him nymð sē unrihthǣmð.[5]
10. Đā cwǣdon hys leorningcnihtas, Gyf hyt swā ys þām menn mid hys wīfe, ne fremað nānum menn tō wīfienne.[6]
11. Đā cwæþ hē, Ne underfōð ealle menn þis word, ac þām þe hyt geseald ys.[7]
12. Sōþlīce synd belistnode þe of hyra mōdor innoþum cumað; and eft synd belistnode [þā men þe man belistenað; and eft synd belistnode] þe[8]
- ↑ A, moder.
- ↑ A, synd; A, man.
- ↑ A, forleton, B, forleton.
- ↑ A, om. he; B, heardnysse; A, he lyfde; B, forlætanne; Corp., om. soðlice . . . frymðe swa, A, Soðlice næs hyt on frymðe swa, B, Soþlice . . . frymþe swa.
- ↑ A, forlæt, A, butan for forlygre; B, se ðe þæt forlætene (þæt and -ne above the line).
- ↑ A, men (twice); A, wyfianne.
- ↑ A, men; B, -foð (above the line).
- ↑ Corp., belistnode (t above the line; twice); A, heora moder; B, synt; Corp., B, om. þā men . . . belistnode (homœoteleuton), A, þa men þe man belistenað and eft synd belistnode (above the line and on the margin).
