Fontes Anglo-Saxonici

Assmann 3 (Homily for the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary)

Contributor:: Mary Clayton

Created:: 1990-12-31

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Contributor:	Mary Clayton
Text:	Aelfric: Assmann 3 (Homily for the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary)
Edition:	Assmann 1889, 24-48
Reference:	C.B.1.5.8
Created:	1990-12-31
Project Name:	Fontes Anglo-Saxonici: World Wide Web Register
Website:	https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/fontes/
Date Accessed:	2026-05-16

236.14-25

quanto digna … et corpore et spiritu

Aelfric

single immediate source

certain

nu syndon … on lichaman and on gaste

153-73

Assmann 3 (Homily for the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary)

Contributor:: Mary Clayton

Created:: 1990-12-31

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Contributor:	Mary Clayton
Text:	Aelfric: Assmann 3 (Homily for the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary)
Edition:	Assmann 1889, 24-48
Reference:	C.B.1.5.8
Created:	1990-12-31
Project Name:	Fontes Anglo-Saxonici: World Wide Web Register
Website:	https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/fontes/
Date Accessed:	2026-05-16

237.1-8

scriptum est … mater et soror est

Aelfric

single immediate source

certain

on cristes bec … and swustor and modor

174-84

Assmann 3 (Homily for the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary)

Contributor:: Mary Clayton

Created:: 1990-12-31

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Text:	Aelfric: Assmann 3 (Homily for the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary)
Edition:	Assmann 1889, 24-48
Reference:	C.B.1.5.8
Created:	1990-12-31
Project Name:	Fontes Anglo-Saxonici: World Wide Web Register
Website:	https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/fontes/
Date Accessed:	2026-05-16

238.2-19

hoc indicant … non necessitate seruiendi

Aelfric

single immediate source

certain

heo behet … þurhwunion

189-206

Assmann 3 (Homily for the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary)

Contributor:: Mary Clayton

Created:: 1990-12-31

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Contributor:	Mary Clayton
Text:	Aelfric: Assmann 3 (Homily for the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary)
Edition:	Assmann 1889, 24-48
Reference:	C.B.1.5.8
Created:	1990-12-31
Project Name:	Fontes Anglo-Saxonici: World Wide Web Register
Website:	https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/fontes/
Date Accessed:	2026-05-16

238.19-23

ita christus … liberam uoluit

Aelfric

single immediate source

possible

se mægðhad … unðances wære

232-7

Assmann 3 (Homily for the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary)

Contributor:: Mary Clayton

Created:: 1990-12-31

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Contributor:	Mary Clayton
Text:	Aelfric: Assmann 3 (Homily for the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary)
Edition:	Assmann 1889, 24-48
Reference:	C.B.1.5.8
Created:	1990-12-31
Project Name:	Fontes Anglo-Saxonici: World Wide Web Register
Website:	https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/fontes/
Date Accessed:	2026-05-16

239.1-7

non est ergo … si patris eius faciunt uoluntatem

Aelfric

single immediate source

certain

ne magon … his fæder willan

207-215

Assmann 3 (Homily for the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary)

Contributor:: Mary Clayton

Created:: 1990-12-31

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Contributor:	Mary Clayton
Text:	Aelfric: Assmann 3 (Homily for the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary)
Edition:	Assmann 1889, 24-48
Reference:	C.B.1.5.8
Created:	1990-12-31
Project Name:	Fontes Anglo-Saxonici: World Wide Web Register
Website:	https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/fontes/
Date Accessed:	2026-05-16

239.14-15

mater eius est … utique parit

Aelfric

single immediate source

certain

eall cristes … halgan gife

216-18a

Assmann 3 (Homily for the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary)

Contributor:: Mary Clayton

Created:: 1990-12-31

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Contributor:	Mary Clayton
Text:	Aelfric: Assmann 3 (Homily for the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary)
Edition:	Assmann 1889, 24-48
Reference:	C.B.1.5.8
Created:	1990-12-31
Project Name:	Fontes Anglo-Saxonici: World Wide Web Register
Website:	https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/fontes/
Date Accessed:	2026-05-16

239.18-20

maria ergo faciens … soror et mater

Aelfric

single immediate source

certain

and maria is … his modor

219-20

Assmann 3 (Homily for the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary)

Contributor:: Mary Clayton

Created:: 1990-12-31

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Contributor:	Mary Clayton
Text:	Aelfric: Assmann 3 (Homily for the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary)
Edition:	Assmann 1889, 24-48
Reference:	C.B.1.5.8
Created:	1990-12-31
Project Name:	Fontes Anglo-Saxonici: World Wide Web Register
Website:	https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/fontes/
Date Accessed:	2026-05-16

240.9-14

sola ergo maria … sed non christi

Aelfric

single immediate source

certain

and heo is ana … gemænelice

221-3

Assmann 3 (Homily for the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary)

Contributor:: Mary Clayton

Created:: 1990-12-31

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Contributor:	Mary Clayton
Text:	Aelfric: Assmann 3 (Homily for the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary)
Edition:	Assmann 1889, 24-48
Reference:	C.B.1.5.8
Created:	1990-12-31
Project Name:	Fontes Anglo-Saxonici: World Wide Web Register
Website:	https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/fontes/
Date Accessed:	2026-05-16

240.14-18

coniugatae … matres sunt

Aelfric

single immediate source

probable

þeah þe sume … rihtlice

131-5

Assmann 3 (Homily for the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary)

Contributor:: Mary Clayton

Created:: 1990-12-31

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Contributor:	Mary Clayton
Text:	Aelfric: Assmann 3 (Homily for the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary)
Edition:	Assmann 1889, 24-48
Reference:	C.B.1.5.8
Created:	1990-12-31
Project Name:	Fontes Anglo-Saxonici: World Wide Web Register
Website:	https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/fontes/
Date Accessed:	2026-05-16

258.21-261.23

de quibus autem … a ceteris

Aelfric

single immediate source

certain

ne sceolon … þeowiað

421-33

Assmann 3 (Homily for the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary)

Contributor:: Mary Clayton

Created:: 1990-12-31

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Text:	Aelfric: Assmann 3 (Homily for the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary)
Edition:	Assmann 1889, 24-48
Reference:	C.B.1.5.8
Created:	1990-12-31
Project Name:	Fontes Anglo-Saxonici: World Wide Web Register
Website:	https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/fontes/
Date Accessed:	2026-05-16

262.1-14

quid sibi … alia stellarum

Aelfric

single immediate source

certain

nu smeagað … geearnungum

505-25

Assmann 3 (Homily for the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary)

Contributor:: Mary Clayton

Created:: 1990-12-31

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Contributor:	Mary Clayton
Text:	Aelfric: Assmann 3 (Homily for the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary)
Edition:	Assmann 1889, 24-48
Reference:	C.B.1.5.8
Created:	1990-12-31
Project Name:	Fontes Anglo-Saxonici: World Wide Web Register
Website:	https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/fontes/
Date Accessed:	2026-05-16

262.9-14

stella tamen … alia stellarum

Aelfric

single immediate source

certain

bið swa … ateorodnysse

486-95

Assmann 3 (Homily for the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary)

Contributor:: Mary Clayton

Created:: 1990-12-31

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Text:	Aelfric: Assmann 3 (Homily for the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary)
Edition:	Assmann 1889, 24-48
Reference:	C.B.1.5.8
Created:	1990-12-31
Project Name:	Fontes Anglo-Saxonici: World Wide Web Register
Website:	https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/fontes/
Date Accessed:	2026-05-16

262.9-267.1

stella tamen … excellenti bono

Aelfric

single immediate source

certain

on godes rice … micclum swege

451-82

Contributor:: Mary Clayton

Created:: 1990-12-31

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Text:	Aelfric: Assmann 3 (Homily for the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary)
Edition:	Assmann 1889, 24-48
Reference:	C.B.1.5.8
Created:	1990-12-31
Project Name:	Fontes Anglo-Saxonici: World Wide Web Register
Website:	https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/fontes/
Date Accessed:	2026-05-16

263.7-14

pergite itaque sancti … cantabitis in citharis vestris

Bede

M3a

multiple source (one of two or more immediate sources cited for the passage)

possible

and

pergite inquiens sancti … in citharis vestris

173D-174A

Comment:: Bede names Augustine as his source here; however, Primasius, his main source for most of the commentary, incorporates a section of Augustine's De sancta virginitate at this point, in a fuller form than that transcribed by Bede. It therefore seems most likely that Primasius was the direct source.

Contributor:: R.C. Love

Created:: 2000-08-22

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Contributor:	R.C. Love
Text:	Bede: Explanatio Apocalypsis
Edition:	PL, 93, 129-206.
Reference:	L.F.2.16
Created:	2000-08-22
Project Name:	Fontes Anglo-Saxonici: World Wide Web Register
Website:	https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/fontes/
Date Accessed:	2026-05-16

263.14-264.3

non utique tale quale … inviolatae veritatis in corde

Bede

M3a

multiple source (one of two or more immediate sources cited for the passage)

possible

and

utique tale quale nemo … inviolatae veritatis in corde

174A

Comment:: Bede names Augustine as his source here; however, Primasius, his main source for most of the commentary, incorporates a section of Augustine's De sancta virginitate at this point, in a fuller form than that transcribed by Bede. It therefore seems most likely that Primasius was the direct source.

Contributor:: R.C. Love

Created:: 2000-08-22

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Text:	Bede: Explanatio Apocalypsis
Edition:	PL, 93, 129-206.
Reference:	L.F.2.16
Created:	2000-08-22
Project Name:	Fontes Anglo-Saxonici: World Wide Web Register
Website:	https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/fontes/
Date Accessed:	2026-05-16

264.13-14

sequimini agnum quia et agni caro utique virgo

Bede

M3a

multiple source (one of two or more immediate sources cited for the passage)

possible

and

sequimini agnum quia et agni caro utique virgo

174A

Comment:: Bede names Augustine as his source here; however, Primasius, his main source for most of the commentary, incorporates a section of Augustine's De sancta virginitate at this point, in a fuller form than that transcribed by Bede. It therefore seems most likely that Primasius was the direct source.

Contributor:: R.C. Love

Created:: 2000-08-22

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Contributor:	R.C. Love
Text:	Bede: Explanatio Apocalypsis
Edition:	PL, 93, 129-206.
Reference:	L.F.2.16
Created:	2000-08-22
Project Name:	Fontes Anglo-Saxonici: World Wide Web Register
Website:	https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/fontes/
Date Accessed:	2026-05-16

264.16-19

merito eum sequimini virginitate … sequamur vestigia eius

Bede

M3a

multiple source (one of two or more immediate sources cited for the passage)

possible

and

sequimini eum virginitate … sequamini vestigia eius

174A

Assmann 3 (Homily for the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary)

Comment:: Bede names Augustine as his source here; however, Primasius, his main source for most of the commentary, incorporates a section of Augustine's De sancta virginitate at this point, in a fuller form than that transcribed by Bede. It therefore seems most likely that Primasius was the direct source.

Contributor:: R.C. Love

Created:: 2000-08-22

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Contributor:	R.C. Love
Text:	Bede: Explanatio Apocalypsis
Edition:	PL, 93, 129-206.
Reference:	L.F.2.16
Created:	2000-08-22
Project Name:	Fontes Anglo-Saxonici: World Wide Web Register
Website:	https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/fontes/
Date Accessed:	2026-05-16

265.11-266.6

beati pauperes … uestigia eius

Aelfric

single immediate source

certain

ðas micclan … swa folgion

526-72

Assmann 3 (Homily for the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary)

Contributor:: Mary Clayton

Created:: 1990-12-31

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Text:	Aelfric: Assmann 3 (Homily for the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary)
Edition:	Assmann 1889, 24-48
Reference:	C.B.1.5.8
Created:	1990-12-31
Project Name:	Fontes Anglo-Saxonici: World Wide Web Register
Website:	https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/fontes/
Date Accessed:	2026-05-16

266.17-19

facite cum … ut redeat

Aelfric

single immediate source

probable

ac se ðe æne … and geswicennysse

243-52

Assmann 3 (Homily for the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary)

Contributor:: Mary Clayton

Created:: 1990-12-31

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Text:	Aelfric: Assmann 3 (Homily for the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary)
Edition:	Assmann 1889, 24-48
Reference:	C.B.1.5.8
Created:	1990-12-31
Project Name:	Fontes Anglo-Saxonici: World Wide Web Register
Website:	https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/fontes/
Date Accessed:	2026-05-16

268.7-16

unde huius muneris … inuenies gratiam

Aelfric

single immediate source

probable

hi sceolon … drihtne

383-92

Assmann 3 (Homily for the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary)

Contributor:: Mary Clayton

Created:: 1990-12-31

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Text:	Aelfric: Assmann 3 (Homily for the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary)
Edition:	Assmann 1889, 24-48
Reference:	C.B.1.5.8
Created:	1990-12-31
Project Name:	Fontes Anglo-Saxonici: World Wide Web Register
Website:	https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/fontes/
Date Accessed:	2026-05-16

282.19-283.5

et quae magis … uerba mea

Aelfric

M2o

multiple source (one of two or more immediate sources cited for the passage)

probable

and his gast … gefyllað

393-5

Assmann 3 (Homily for the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary)

Contributor:: Mary Clayton

Created:: 1990-12-31

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Contributor:	Mary Clayton
Text:	Aelfric: Assmann 3 (Homily for the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary)
Edition:	Assmann 1889, 24-48
Reference:	C.B.1.5.8
Created:	1990-12-31
Project Name:	Fontes Anglo-Saxonici: World Wide Web Register
Website:	https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/fontes/
Date Accessed:	2026-05-16

283.20-284.6

nisi forte reuera … cadere non permisit

Aelfric

single immediate source

probable

sum sinful … us segð

434-50

Assmann 3 (Homily for the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary)

Contributor:: Mary Clayton

Created:: 1990-12-31

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Contributor:	Mary Clayton
Text:	Aelfric: Assmann 3 (Homily for the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary)
Edition:	Assmann 1889, 24-48
Reference:	C.B.1.5.8
Created:	1990-12-31
Project Name:	Fontes Anglo-Saxonici: World Wide Web Register
Website:	https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/fontes/
Date Accessed:	2026-05-16

289.7-290.19

proinde quid … martyres fuerint

Aelfric

single immediate source

probable

and ða mædenu … hundfealde wæstm

372-8

Assmann 3 (Homily for the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary)

Contributor:: Mary Clayton

Created:: 1990-12-31

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Text:	Aelfric: Assmann 3 (Homily for the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary)
Edition:	Assmann 1889, 24-48
Reference:	C.B.1.5.8
Created:	1990-12-31
Project Name:	Fontes Anglo-Saxonici: World Wide Web Register
Website:	https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/fontes/
Date Accessed:	2026-05-16

294.23-295.1

uirginitate seruata quae non rediret amissa

Aelfric

single immediate source

probable

ac se ðe æne … and geswicennysse

243-52

Assmann 3 (Homily for the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary)

Contributor:: Mary Clayton

Created:: 1990-12-31

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Contributor:	Mary Clayton
Text:	Aelfric: Assmann 3 (Homily for the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary)
Edition:	Assmann 1889, 24-48
Reference:	C.B.1.5.8
Created:	1990-12-31
Project Name:	Fontes Anglo-Saxonici: World Wide Web Register
Website:	https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/fontes/
Date Accessed:	2026-05-16

297.6-8

locus autem … spiritum suum

Aelfric

M2o

multiple source (one of two or more immediate sources cited for the passage)

probable

and his gast … gefyllað

393-5