An Anglo-Saxon Reader in Prose and Verse
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An Anglo-Saxon Reader in Prose and Verse

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An Anglo-Saxon Reader in Prose and Verse

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First published in 2005. An excellent introduction to Old English, this book begins with an elementary grammar, ably preparing students for the thirty-four texts that follow. Among the carefully selected stories, verses and histories can be found a wide sampling of dialects: West Saxon, Northumbrian, late and early Kentish and early Mercian. A comprehensive glossary is included.

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Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2014
Print ISBN
9780710310095
eBook ISBN
9781317846468
Edition
1
Topic
History
Subtopic
Ancient History
Index
History

GLOSSARY.

The following abbreviations require special notice:—
m., n., f., masculine, &c. noun.
Cases: nom., a., d., inst., g. w.d.g., with dat. of person and gen. of thing, &c.
cp., sp., comparative, superlative.
tr., int., transitive, intransitive. rfl., reflexive.
The parts of speech are not marked in the case of adjectives, pronouns. and weak verbs, although pronouns are marked no. (noun) and aj. (adjective) when necessary, and irregular verbs are marked vb., especially the preterite-present verbs, such as cann. Strong verbs are distinguished by the number of their class (beran 4).
The words are arranged in the alphabetic order of their Early West-Saxon forms. But the prefix ge- is ignored (gebed under b), being omitted before verbs, except when it distinctly affects their meaning. ē = œ̄ is written œ̄ but ranged under ē. ǫ must be sought under a, and y often under ie, i. W.S. œ̄, ie = Mercian ē, 0119;, e are written œ̂, i0119;, ie respectively.
Words in -ing -ung and in -nes -nis are generally given under -ung, -nis.
Such headings as byrgen(n) imply inflected byrgenne, &c.
~ denotes repetition of the head-word.
† marks words or meanings peculiar to poetry.
Words enclosed in [ ] are cognate Old English words, or else Latin originals of foreign words.
A
ā av. 13/338, āwa 23/120, ō (for) ever: ‘ne . . ō’ not (at all) 24/25.
abbod m. abbot 17/22.
abbudisse f. abbess 10/12, 68.
ā·belgan 3 w. d.: ptc. ābolgen
angry 22/185.
ā·bēodan 7 w. d. announce 21/27, 49.
ā·beran 4 bear, support.
ā·berstan 3: ‘ūt ~’ break out 3/218.
ā·bīdan 6 await 31 g/2: remain (alive), be spared 15/208.
ā·bl0119;ndan blind.
ā·blinnan 3 cease 13/181.
ā·borgian borrow 12/4.
ā·brecan 4 take (city, fortress) 5/94; 8/11.
ā·bregdan 3 draw (sword) 23/79.
ā·brēotan 7 destroy, kill 20/48, 349.
ā·brēoþan 7 fail 21/242: plc. ābroþen (instead of -den) degenerate, reprobate 16/158.
ābūtan = onbūtan or ymbūtan.
ā·bysgian. (i) occupy, trouble 3/124; 8/83.
ac cj. but: and 23/209.
āc f. oak.
ā·cęnnan bear (child) 13/131.
ā·cęnnednis f. birth 14/3, 61.
ā·ceorfan 3 cut—‘on weg ∼’ cut away 3/238; ‘of ∼’ cut off 5 b/87: cut down (tree) 11/70: cut off (head) 31/10.
ā·cięrran turn 31 g/36.
ā·cræftan devise 5/64.
ācsian see āscian.
ā·cwęccan shake tr. and int. 21/255; 14/190.
ā·cwelan 4 die 8/100; 9/10; 13/31.
ā·cwęllan kill 13/35; 14/4.
ā·cwęncan quench (fire) 16/22.
ā·cweþan 5 speak tr. 26/91—‘∼fram’ reject 22/59.
ā·cwięlman kill 17/47.
ā·cwincan 3 be extinguished.
ā·cӯþan make known 26/113.
ād m. funeral pile 4/142.
ā·dīl(e)gian (y) destroy; erase 13/185.
ādl f. disease 14/147.
ādlian be diseased 14/165.
ādlig sick 15/31, 167.
ā·dōn put 19 b/29.
ā·drǣfan drive, expel 1/4, 9; 7/3.
ā·dręncan dr...

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Regan Paul Library of Chivalry
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright Page
  6. Preface
  7. Table of Contents
  8. Grammar
  9. Metre
  10. I. Cynewulf and Cyneheard
  11. II. On The State of Learning in England
  12. III. Alfred's Translation of the Cura Pastoralis
  13. IV. The Voyages of Ohthere and Wulfstan
  14. V. Alfred's Translation of Orosius
  15. VI. The Battle of Ashdown
  16. VII. Alfred And Godrum
  17. VIII. Alfred's Wars with the Danes
  18. IX. From Alfred's Translation of Boethius
  19. X. Account of the Poet Cæmon
  20. XI. From the Laws
  21. XII. Charters
  22. XIII. Ælfric's Homilies1The Homilies of Ælfric, by B. Thorpe, Esq. (Ælfric Society), 1843.
  23. XV. Œlfric's Life of King Oswald
  24. XVI. Wulfstan'S Address to the English
  25. XVII. The Martyrdom of Ælfeah
  26. XVIII. Eustace at Dover, and the Outlawry of Godwine
  27. XIX. Charms
  28. XX. Beowulf and Grendel‧s Mother
  29. XXI. The Battle of Maldon
  30. XXII. The Fall of the Angels
  31. XXIII. Judith
  32. XXIV. The Happy Land. From the Phœnix
  33. XXV. The Dream of the Rood
  34. XXVI. The Wanderer
  35. XXVII. Selections from the Riddles of Cynewulf
  36. XXVIII. Gnomic Verses
  37. XXIX. The Seafarer
  38. XXX. Northumbrian Fragments
  39. XXXI. Mercian Hymns
  40. XXXII. Early Kentish Charters
  41. XXXIII. Codex Aureus Inscription
  42. XXXIV. Late-Kentish Psalm
  43. Notes
  44. Glossary