Owl and the nightingale / compiled by C. Turk
| dc.contributor | Turk, C.C.R. D of English U of Wales, Collage of Cardiff |
| dc.contributor.author | Unknown |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-07-27 |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-08-21T15:55:17Z |
| dc.date.available | 2022-08-21T15:55:17Z |
| dc.date.created | 1100-1299 |
| dc.date.issued | 1976-01-01 |
| dc.identifier | ota:0109 |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14106/0109 |
| dc.description.abstract | In Middle English Title from University of Oxford Text Archive records |
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| dc.language | English, Middle (1100-1500) |
| dc.language.iso | enm |
| dc.publisher | University of Oxford |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Oxford Text Archive Legacy Collection |
| dc.rights | Distributed by the University of Oxford under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. |
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| dc.rights.label | PUB |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Poems -- England -- 13th century |
| dc.subject.other | Poems |
| dc.title | Owl and the nightingale / compiled by C. Turk |
| dc.type | Text |
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THE OWL AND THE NIGHTINGALE
Incipit altercacio inter filomenam et Bubonem
ICH wes in one sumere dale MS.Jes.Coll.(J.)
In one swi@e dyele hale Fol.229r. col.1.
Iherde ich holde grete tale
An vle and one nyhtegale.
5 +at playd wes stif # starc # strong
Sum hwile softe # lud among;
And ey@er ayeyn o@er swal,
And let @at vuele mod vt al.
And ey@er seyde of o@res custe
10 +at alre-w[u]rste @at hi ywuste:
# hure # hure of o@res songe
Hi holde playding swi@e stronge.
+e Nihtegale bigon @o speke
In one hurne of one beche,
15 # sat vp one vayre bowe,
+at were abute blostme ynowe,
In ore vaste @ikke hegge
I[m]eynd myd spire # grene segge.
He wes @e gladder vor @e ryse,
20 # song a veole cunne wyse:
Bet @uhte @e drem @at he were
Of harpe # pipe @an he nere:
Bet @uhte @at heo were ishote
Of harpe . . .
