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Modern English translation by Charles W. Kennedy.
http://www.yorku.ca/inpar/Elene_Kennedy.pdf
Modern English translation by Charles W. Kennedy.
http://www.yorku.ca/inpar/Fates_Apostles_Kennedy.pdf
Modern English translation by Charles W. Kennedy.
http://www.yorku.ca/inpar/Juliana_Kennedy.pdf
Charles W. Kennedy's modern English translation of the Guthlac A and Guthlac B poems.
http://www.yorku.ca/inpar/Guthlac_Kennedy.pdf
Charles W. Kennedy's modern English translation of Cynewulf's Christ I (Advent), Christ II (Ascension), and Christ III (Doomsday).
http://www.yorku.ca/inpar/Christ_Kennedy.pdf
Modern English translation by Charles W. Kennedy.
http://www.yorku.ca/inpar/Genesis_Kennedy.pdf
Modern English translation by Charles W. Kennedy.
http://www.yorku.ca/inpar/Phoenix_Kennedy.pdf
Modern English translation by Charles W. Kennedy.
http://www.yorku.ca/inpar/Exodus_Kennedy.pdf
Modern English translation by Charles W. Kennedy.
http://www.yorku.ca/inpar/Daniel_Kennedy.pdf
Modern English translation by Charles W. Kennedy.
http://www.yorku.ca/inpar/Andreas_Kennedy.pdf
Modern English translation by Charles W. Kennedy.
http://www.yorku.ca/inpar/Dream_Rood_Kennedy.pdf
Modern English translation by Douglas B. Killings.
http://www.georgetown.edu/cball/oe/widsith-trans.html
Old English text with words hot-linked to glossary.
http://www.ucalgary.ca/UofC/eduweb/engl403/wanderer.htm
Old English text with parallel modern English translation by R. Hamer.
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Anglo-Saxon Poetry Library you will find the real thing, and elsewhere you will find the serious Anglo-Saxon researches of some of my colleagues, but here I'm going to give you the complete text of The Ruin because I like it (but don't...Modern English translation of the 31 meters of Boethius.
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Alfred's Boethius: Modern English Translation Unto the people to put forth songs Men to make merry, manifold stories, Lest a weariness should ward away The man self-filled, that small heed taketh Of such in his pride. Again I must speak, Take up my singing, the...Old English text with words hot-linked to glossary.
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Dream of the Rood ...Includes text, modern English translation, Tennyson's famous 19th century translation, glossary, and bibliography.
http://loki.stockton.edu/~kinsellt/litresources/brun/brun1.html
Modern English translation by Richard Hamer, together with the Old English text.
http://syllabus.syr.edu/ETS/pamo...ets333/projects/heroux/almse.htm
Modern English translation by Richard Hamer, with link to the Old English text.
http://syllabus.syr.edu/ETS/pamo.../ets333/projects/heroux/seae.htm
Discussion of Cynewulf's use of runic symbols in his poetry.
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The Riddle of the Runes: The Runic Passage in Cynewulf's Fates of the Apostles Raymond E. Gleason
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A discussion of Cynewulf's place in Anglo-Saxon literary history. Includes links to studies of his poems.
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§6. Cynewulf: His Personality. IV. Old English Christian Poetry. Vol. 1. From the Beginnings to the Cycles of Romance. The Cambridge History of English and American Literature: An Encyclopedia in Eighteen Volumes. 1907–21 Cynewulf and the poems that may be, or have been, attributed to him, we are on somewhat safer ground. The personality of the poet is, indeed, wrapped in an obscurity hardly less deep than that which hides Caedmon. The only...Old English text and modern English translation by T.A. Shippey.
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Judgement Day I Caie believes that the poem is worth a closer look because it contains many clues as to how the early medieval English poets interpreted and made use of the traditional, eschatological material. Thomas Hugh Keenan believes that the poem has...Old English text and modern English translation by J.R. Lumby.
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Judgement Day II The only extant version is found in the MS CCCC201, which Caie dates c. 1050, where it forms a group with the following four poems within the manuscript. The first three of these include Judgement Day II (which was formerly...Old English text and modern English translation by T.A. Shippey.
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Soul and Body I Since both manuscripts are ascribed to the later part of the 10th century, their common source must have been written before that. The differences of phrasing that can be found in the common text do not affect the content the...Old English text and modern English translation by Benjamin Slade. Includes introduction and explanatory notes.
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Beowulf on Steorarume [Beowulf in Cyberspace Waldere ...Includes the texts of the Old English verse inscriptions on the casket and translations into modern English.
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_Franks Casket_ _Franks Casket_ http franks-casket.de/...Old English text and modern English translation by Gavin Chappell.
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Anglo-Saxon Metrical Charms Charms are our only remaining example of what Heathen charms may have been like for the pagan Jutes, Angles, and Saxons. They were found in a work called the Lacnunga by one of the early translators. The Lacnunga or leech...Old English text and modern English translation, with pictures of runes embedded in each.
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Anglo-Saxon Runes and Runelore For an excellent indepth look at Anglo-Saxon runes please visit the Ealdriht Rune Pages.All rune images are courtesyof The Northvegr Félagfree Asatru graphics page 034;A man shall utter wisdom, write runes. sing songs, earn praise,expound glory, be diligent daily 034;(Anglo-Saxon...Modern English translation by Mary Savelli.
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Judith God saves them with a miracle. Hearing this, a holy widow named Judith chastises them for testing God. She tells them she has a plan and that they should wait for her return. She approaches Holofernes camp, offering to tell...Examples of the Lord's Prayer from different stages of English, including the Old English poem Lord's Prayer I, an Old English prose version, excerpts in Middle English, and several modern English versions.
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The Lord's Prayer in English Fder ure u e eart on heofonum; Si in nama gehalgod to becume in rice gewure in willa on eoran swa swa on heofonum. urne gedghwamlican hlaf syle us todg and forgyf us ure gyltas swa swa we forgyfa urum...Old English text and modern English translation by Benjamin Slade. Includes introduction and explanatory notes.
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Beowulf on Steorarume [Beowulf in Cyberspace Deor ...Resource concerning the historical Viking attack and battle of 991AD and its commemoration in an Anglo-Saxon poem. Site contains a translation, images of the site, map, and links to other relevant information.
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Battle of Maldon This site contains a translation of the peom, pictures, and much background information. This website requires frames....An edition by Michael Donald Livingston. Includes Old English text, modern English translation, textual notes, and glossary.
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Wulf and Eadwacer This page uses frames, but your browser doesn't support them....Old English text with words hot-linked to glossary.
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Riddle 2 Riddle 2...Old English text with words hot-linked to glossary.
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Riddle 25 Riddle 25...Old English text with words hot-linked to glossary.
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Riddle 44 Riddle 44...Old English text with words hot-linked to glossary.
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Riddle 45 Riddle 45...Old English text with words hot-linked to glossary.
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Riddle 46 Riddle 46...Old English text with words hot-linked to glossary.
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Riddle 47 Riddle 47...Old English text with words hot-linked to glossary.
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Riddle 80 Riddle 80...Old English text with words hot-linked to glossary.
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The Wife's Lament ...Old English text and modern English translation by Benjamin Slade. Includes introduction and explanatory notes.
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Beowulf on Steorarume [Beowulf in Cyberspace Finnesburh Fragment ...Old English text and modern English translation by Benjamin Slade. Includes introduction and explanatory notes.
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Beowulf on Steorarume [Beowulf in Cyberspace Woden's Nine Herbs charm ...Old English text and modern English translation by Benjamin Slade. Includes introduction and explanatory notes.
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Beowulf on Steorarume [Beowulf in Cyberspace A Sudden Stitch charm ...Electronic edition by Tim Romano. Includes images of the folios, transcription of the Old English text, glossary, introduction, modern English translation, and commentary.
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e-Edition of The Wanderer. Copyright 1999 Tim Romano. All rights reserved. The author wishes to make changes and additions to this work. You may link to it, but you may not copy this work, in whole or in part, to another location without the author's express written permission. NOTE ABOUT BOOKMARKS....Modern English translation of the Old English poem inscribed in runic characters on the Ruthwell Cross. Includes a video on the Ruthwell Cross.
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Dark Ages Pop-up Angles threatened to conquer the whole of Scotland until their fortunes waned with heavy defeats against Picts and Vikings. They left us the language which became Old Scots the language of Burns. They also left us the magnificent Ruthwell Cross...Old English text with parallel modern English translation.
http://www.anglo-saxons.net/hwaet?do=get&type=text&id=Wdr
Modern English translation by Charles W. Kennedy.
http://www.yorku.ca/inpar/Christ_and_Satan_Kennedy.pdf
Old English text and facing modern English translation by Richard Hamer.
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pohamwif Ht mec hlford min hr eard niman; hte ic lofra lt on 0254issum londstede, holdra fronda forþon is mn hyge gomor 0208 ic m ful gemæcne monnan funde, heardsligne hygegomorne, md mþendne morþor hycgendne, blþe gebro Ful oft wit botedan...Old English text with words hot-linked to glossary.
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Old English Aerobics Reader LINKS: OE Aerobics Anthology ACTIONS: Headnote Print LOOK UP: words idioms notes Nothing Nothing...Old English text of lines 1-56 with a facing modern English translation by Louis Rodrigues.
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porodal3 Nu ic fitte gen ymb fisca cynn wille woðcræfte wordum cyþan 0254urh modgemynd bi 0254am miclan hwale. Se bið unwillum oft gemeted, frecne ond ferðgrim, fareðlacendum, niþþa gehwylcum 0254am is noma cenned, fyrnstreama geflotan, Fastitocalon. Is 0254æs hiw gelic hreofum...Old English text of the fifth Advent lyric with words hot-linked to glossary.
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Old English Aerobics Reader LINKS: OE Aerobics Anthology ACTIONS: Headnote Print LOOK UP: words notes Nothing Nothing...Old English text with words hot-linked to glossary.
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Old English Aerobics Reader LINKS: OE Aerobics Anthology ACTIONS: Headnote Print LOOK UP: words clauses idioms notes Nothing Nothing...Old English text with words hot-linked to glossary.
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Old English Aerobics Reader LINKS: OE Aerobics Anthology ACTIONS: Headnote Print LOOK UP: words idioms notes Nothing Nothing...Old English text with facing modern English translation by Louis Rodrigues.
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poanodur This burgh is famous all over Britain, set on steep slopes, with rocks around wondrously wrought. Encircled by weirs a river runs strong, and therein thrive all sorts of fish in the seething flood. And there a great tangled thicket...Excerpt from the Old English text, with facing modern English translation by Louis Rodrigues.
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porodch2 An sceal inbindan forstes fetre felameahtig god; winter sceal geweorpan, weder eft cuman, sumor swegle hat, sund unstille. Deop deada wæg dyrne bið lengest; holen sceal inæled, yrfe gedæled deades monnes. Dom biþ selast. Cyning sceal mid ceape cwene gebicgan,...Old English text with facing modern English translation by Louis Rodrigues.
http://www.brindin.com/porodal2.htm
Old English text with facing modern English translation by Louis Rodrigues.
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porodri1 Now the proud young retainer wraps me with silver and gold, carved twisted wires. Sometimes men kiss me; sometimes with song I summon to battle close comrades sometimes a steed bears me over the mark; sometimes the sea-horse ferries me...Old English text with facing modern English translation by Louis Rodrigues.
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porodri2 Gif min bearn wera brucan willað, hy beoð 0254y gesundran ond 0254y sigefæstran, heortum 0254y hwætran ond 0254y hygebliþran, ferþe 0254y frodran; habbaþ freonda 0254y ma, swæsra ond gesibbra, soþra ond godra, tilra ond getreowra 0254a hyra tyr ond ead...Old English text with facing modern English translation by Louis Rodrigues.
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porodri3 He vanquished the fortress of hell's denizens. I can easily describe for men that tree's origin: there were maple and oak, and the hard yew, and the yellow holly. To the Lord they are all useful together; they have one...Old English text with facing modern English translation by Graham Holderness.
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poholshi So you see no improvement But increase of injury, Long days and nights Of death-dealing illness. Most fatal of all Mankind's infirmities Bites at my being The sword's sharp edge. Transl. copyright Graham Holderness 2002 publ. Shoestring Press buy this...Old English texts of the Exeter Book riddles, each with a facing modern English translation by Craig Williamson. Answers included.
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texts Below are links to texts of the Riddles accompanied by translations. The first stage of this part of the AngoSaxonRiddles provides the Anglo-Saxon texts of all the Riddles in the Exeter book, accompanied by translations, as those appear in Craig...Old English text with facing modern English translation.
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Anglo-Saxons.net The Seafarer Seafarer home questions timeline on this day people maps texts charters Show text without translationShow word order translation guidesChange verse line numberingMg ic be me sylfumI can make a true song sogied wrecan, about me myself,sias secgan,tell my travels,hu ic...Old English text and modern English prose translation by S.A.J. Bradley.
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Soul and Body I The underlying tone of this Exeter Book elegy can be partially associated with apocalyptic ideas. The comparison of the world to an old man even suggests an apocalypticist view of the world, where the weakness of its old age is...