192), which tells us all about the eight pounds of material that went to make up the body of Adam.
aehto pundo of th{ae}m aworden is Adam pund lames of thon Octo pondera de quibus factus est Adam.

Pondus limi, inde aworden is fl{ae}sc pund fyres of thon read is blod factus est caro; pondus ignis, inde rubeus est sanguis and hat et calidus; pund saltes of thon sindon salto tehero pund deawes of thon pondus salis, inde sunt salsae lacrimae; pondus roris, unde aworden is swat pund blostmes of thon is fagung egena factus est sudor; pondus floris, inde est uarietas oculorum; pund wolcnes of thon is unstydfullnisse _vel_ unstatholf{ae}stnisse pondus nubis, inde est instabilitas thohta mentium; pund windes of thon is oroth cald pund gefe of thon is pondus uenti, inde est anhela frigida: pondus gratiae, id est thoht monnes sensus hominis.
We thus learn that Adam's flesh was made of a pound of loam; his red and hot blood, of fire; his salt tears, of salt; his sweat, of dew; the colour of his eyes, of flowers; the instability of his thoughts, of cloud; his cold breath, of wind; and his intelligence, of grace.
The Northumbrian glosses on the four Gospels are contained in two MSS., both of remarkable interest and value.

The former of these, sometimes known as the Lindisfarne MS., and sometimes as the Durham Book, is now MS.

Cotton, Nero D.4 in the British Museum, and is one of the chief treasures in our national collection.

It contains a beautifully executed Latin text of the four Gospels, written in the isle of Lindisfarne, by Eadfrith (bishop of Lindisfarne in 698-721), probably before 700.