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Modern English translation of Aelfric's homily by P. Baker.
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On the False Gods This sermon is printed in John C. Pope, ed Homilies of lfric: A Supplementary Collection, 2 vols Early English Text Society 259-260 (London 1967-68) 2: 667-724. Translation by P. Baker. Oh, most beloved brothers, holy scripture has taught us the...Old English glosses of the Latin text of the Psalms. Work in progress.
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NASC The Bible Translation Project The Book of Psalms This is a transcription of Eadwine´s Canterbury Psalter, edited by Fred Harsley, and published by the Early English Text Society in 1889. As opposed to the transcription of the Paris Prose Psalter, numbering of psalms and verses are copied from...Old English text and modern English translation by Benjamin Thorpe.
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Ælfric-Preface Each preface generally includes lfric's self-identification, his explanation for the creation of the work (often relating it to a request from an ecclesiastical or secular superior an account of the work's sources and style, and remarks about its transmission In...Modern English translation by Samuel Fox, with introduction and notes.
http://www.yorku.ca/inpar/Boethius_Fox.pdf
Catherine Ball's hypertext edition of Benjamin Thorpe's text and translation.
http://www.georgetown.edu/cball/apt/apt.html
From the West-Saxon Gospels, a translation of the Lord's Prayer from Latin to Old English together with a word-for-word modern English translation of the Old English text. The site also includes a sound recording of each line of the prayer and a continuous recording of the prayer as a whole.
http://www.georgetown.edu/cball/oe/paternoster-oe.html
The text of the Old English version, with glossary, sound files, and illustrations.
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Engl401 Texts Aelfric's Colloquy This glossed text is best viewed using a frame-capable browser such as Netscape 2.0 or higher or Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0 or higher. Click here to see the document without frames....Excerpt from Alfred's Old English translation. Each word of the Old English text is hot-linked to a glossary entry. Includes a modern English translation of the first section of the excerpt and a sound recording.
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Engl401 Texts The Voyage of Ohthere If you are reading this notice, you do not have a frames-capable browser. Try again using Netscape 2.0 or higher or Microsoft Explorer 3.0 or higher...Aelfric's Old English translation of and commentary on Genesis from his "Heptateuch." Work in progress.
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The NASC Bible Translation Project Genesis Genesis is here represented in the translation by Ælfric. It has been transcribed and converted to HTML from the following edition: The Old English Version of the Heptateuch lfric’s Treatise on the Old and New Testament and his Preface to...Old English text and modern English translation by R. Morris.
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Blickling Homily X The End of this World is Near The style of the homilies therein, however, differs strongly from that of lfric's Catholic Homilies, which were revised shortly before. Rev. R. Morris has compared the two collections, and rather positions the creation of the Blickling texts in the 9th...Old English text of the laws of the Anglo-Saxon kings Alfred and Ine.
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Laws of Alfred and Ine The contents list has been checked against the facsimile The text has not yet been checked Contents 1 Be on t mon ne scyle orum deman buton swa he wille, t him mon deme. 2 Be aum 7 be weddum....Tony Jebson's electronic edition of the seven manuscripts that make up the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles. Work in progress.
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The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle The links below will take you to the main index page. Experimental XML version Internet Explorer or Netscape v4.6 (and above) version No frames or JavaScript version (unmaintained) Copyright 1999-2001, Tony Jebson jebbo@texas.net, all rights reserved. Last modified 8th September...S.D. Lee's electronic edition of Aelfric's homilies on Judith, Esther and the Maccabees.
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S. D. Lee Judith, Esther, and the Maccabees Edited by Stuart D. Lee S. D. Lee, 1999 Enter Edition...Contains online editions of Wulfstan's five homilies on the last days. Gives for each homily the Old English text, Latin text, glossed versions of the texts, and modern English translation by Joyce Tally Lionarons. Also provides sources and analogues, text comparisons, information on the manuscripts, and other scholarly apparatus.
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Wulfstan Wulfstan's Eschatological Homilies Edited and Translated by Joyce Tally Lionarons Enter...A table that shows how each Latin word of the 23rd Psalm is glossed by an equivalent Old English word in four glossed psalters: Vespasian, Salisbury, Stowe, and Vitellius.
http://www.georgetown.edu/cball/oe/psalm23-glosses.html
Modern English translation by R. Morris.
http://www.yorku.ca/inpar/Blickling_Morris.pdf
A brief summary of Alfred's life from the Britannia Biographies series.
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Britannia: Monarchs of Britain Wessex during a time of constant Viking attack. He was driven into hiding by a Viking raid into Wessex, led by the Dane, Guthorm, and took refuge in the Athelney marshes in Somerset. There, he recovered sufficient strength to be...Picture of besieged psalmist from the original in Trinity College, Cambridge MS R.17.1, fol. 66.
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No permission is granted to reproduce this electronic image without the express consent of Trinity College. Dr. Karen Louise Jolly Department of History, University of Hawaii at Manoa 2530 Dole St Sakamaki A203 Honolulu, Hawaii 96822 U.S.A. voice 808) 956-7673...A homily from the second series of Catholic Homilies. Includes Old English text and modern English translation by Benjamin Thorpe.
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Ælfric-Preface This homily is part of the Second Series of lfric's Catholic Homilies. Malcolm Godden argues, that this series was sent to Archbishop Sigeric to whom it both series were addressed after completion, and dates it 995. The homilies were continually...Contains an edition of the Old English text, a modern English translation, and links to the OE and Latin manuscripts.
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England began a series of translations from Latin into Old English. One of the books he translated with the help of some clerical scholars was Pope Gregory I's Liber Pastoralis, which was written in Latin in the 6th century. In...Scholarly introduction to Old English glossaries. Covers the origin and purpose of OE glossaries, describes the different types of glossaries, and explains their relationship to later English dictionaries.
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Healey: Old English Glossaries: Creating a Vernacular Dictionnairique et lexicographie, 3 (1995 Abstract Rsum] KEYWORDS Old English, glossaries, Latin, bilingual dictionaries, information structure, vocabulary, logical order, alphabetical order, class glossary The response of a reader in this post-modern age when confronting for the first time an Old...Modern English translation of the laws of the Anglo-Saxon kings from Aethelberht (601-04) to Canute (1020-34).
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Stephenson Marcham: Sources of English Constitutional History Records concerning a suit (1079-86 A) Writ of William I (1079-83 38 (B) Writ of Geoffrey, Bishop of Coutances (1086 38 (C) Writ of William I (1086 38 20. William I: Writs Concerning Inquests at Ely (A) Confirmation of Liberties...Discussion of Wulfstan's literary works and his place in Anglo-Saxon literary history.
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§5. Wulfstan. VII. From Alfred to the Conquest. 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 The subject of the marriage of the clergy is reviewed from a historical standpoint, and the letter further admonishes the clergy on the celebration of the Eucharist, as their great function, and treats of the seven grades of holy orders....Modern English translation by P. Baker.
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On the Seasons of the Year On the seasons of the year) as light reading for those who wanted to learn something about time and nature without having to master the complexities of the subject. Every priest and monk was required to learn a good bit...Edition of the prose portion of the Paris Psalter (Psalms 1-50) by Richard Stracke. The Latin originals and the Old English prose translations appear in parallel columns.
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The Paris Prose: Main Menu Stracke introduction characteristics of the translation relationship to the roman and gallican psalters relationship of the translation to the arguments tables explanation of the numbering, etc. references glossary Psalm 1 Psalm 6 Psalm 11 Psalm 16 Psalm 21 Psalm 26...Old English version of Luke from the "Polyglot Bible" site. Allows comparison with translations of Luke in several languages and in several different stages of the English language. Includes full-text search capability.
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Polyglot Bible (Mark Davies) This page uses frames, but your browser doesn't support them....Excerpt from Genesis 22:1-19. Old English text with words hot-linked to glossary. Includes sound recording.
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Engl401 Texts Abraham and Isaac This document needs a frames-capable browser, such as Netscape Navigator 2.0 or higher or Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0 or higher, for proper display....Entry for the years 754 and 755. Old English text with words hot-linked to glossary. Includes illustration.
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Engl401 Texts Cynewulf and Cyneheard This web page uses frames, but your browser doesn't support them....Old English text with words hot-linked to glossary.
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Engl401 Texts Alfred's Preface to Gregory If you are reading this notice, you do not have a frames-capable browser. Try again using Netscape 2.0 or higher or Microsoft Explorer 3.0 or higher...Excerpt from the Old English version of his Ecclesiastical History. Old English text with words hot-linked to glossary.
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Engl401 Texts Bede's Account of the Conversion of King Edwin This document needs a frames-capable browser, such as Netscape Navigator 2.0 or higher or Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0 or higher, for proper display....Excerpt from the Old English version of his Ecclesiastical History. Old English text with words hot-linked to glossary. Includes illustration.
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Engl401 Texts Bede's Account of the Poet Caedmon This glossed text is best viewed using a frame-capable browser such as Netscape 2.0 or higher or Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0 or higher. Click here to see the document without frames...Old English text and modern English translation of the inscription on the sundial at St. Gregory's Minster, Kirkdale, Yorkshire.
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The Kirkdale Sun-Dial A dial and gnomon are here] T ILCVM TIDE +7 HAPAR ME PROHTE 7 BRAND PRS CAN 7 TOFALAN 7 HE HIT LET MACAN NEPAN FROM GRVNDE XPE 7 SCS GREGORI VS IN EADPARD DAGVM CNG 7N TOSTI DAGVM EORL...Old English text of Aelfric's Preface to his translation of the Book of Genesis.
http://web.utk.edu/~rliuzza/OE/pdf/aelfricpreface.pdf
This online edition by Melissa J. Bernstein of Wulfstan's "Sermon of the Wolf to the English" gives the Old English text, textual notes, modern translation, glossary, annotated bibliography, analogues, and other scholarly material. The Old English text is set up so that the line numbers link to the notes for the line.
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The Electronic Sermo Lupi ad Anglos This edition was completed as an English Honors Thesis (under the direction of Professor David F. Johnson) at the Florida State University. It is on file under Melissa Bernstein, Wulfstan's Sermo Lupi ad Anglos An Electronic Hypertext Edition, thesis, Strozier...Excerpt from Genesis 3:1-19. Old English text with words hot-linked to glossary.
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Old English Aerobics Reader LINKS: OE Aerobics Anthology ACTIONS: Headnote Read Aloud Print LOOK UP: words clauses idioms notes sounds 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...Excerpt from the years 1011 and 1012. 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 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...Excerpt from Book II Prose 7 and Meter 7. 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...Provides modern English translations of excerpts from important legal documents, together with a commentary on each document.
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The Avalon Project Anglo-Saxon Law Extracts From Early Laws of the English. The laws of all nations which have developed steadily and in their own seats, with little or no intermixture of foreign elements, are generally perpetuated by custom and oral tradition. Hence the earliest written laws contain amendments of older unwritten...Presents three lives of Edmund for comparative study: Abbo of Fleury's Latin version, Aelfric's Old English version, and an anonymous Anglo-Norman version. Options include displaying W.W. Skeat's edition of the Old English text in one frame and his modern English translation or critical apparatus in another frame. Manuscript images also provided.
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Edmund of East Anglia This website brings together research and teaching materials on Edmund, King of East Anglia, who was killed by the Vikings in November, 869. Originally conceived as a parallel-text presentation of Abbo of Fleury’s Passio Eadmundi 198;lfric of Eynsham’s Old English...Complete modern English translation by Rev. James Ingram, published by the Avalon Project at Yale Law School. Includes an introduction and search engine.
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The Avalon Project The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle The Avalon Project at Yale Law School The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Major Collections What's New Avalon Home pre 18th Century 18th Century 19th Century 20th Century 21st Century SEARCH The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle: Please click in the box, type your search term...Three excerpts from Old English version of Matthew: 13:24-30, 18:23-24, and 25:1-12.
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Gospel of Matthew Excerpts from the Gospel of Matthew Matthew 13:24 30 Heofona ríce is geworden 509;m menn gelíc þe séow gód sǽd on his æcere. Sóþlíce menn slépon cóm his féonda sum and oferséow hit mid coccele on middum 509;m hwǽte and...Old English version of Mark. Work in progress.
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The Anglo-Saxon Version of the Gospel of Mark The text is taken from the following edition: Euangelium secundum Marcum: The Gospel of Saint Mark in West-Saxon. Bright, J.W ed The Belles-lettres series. Section 1. English literature. D.C. Heath Co Boston/London, 1905 Transcribed by Rich Rhodes This digital edition...Old English version of Luke.
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The Anglo-Saxon Version of the Gospel of John I believe the text is from the following edition: Euangelium secundum Lucam: The Gospel of Saint Luke in West-Saxon. Bright, J.W ed The Belles-lettres series. Section 1. English literature. D.C. Heath Co Boston/London date Transcribed by This digital edition annotated...Edition of the prose portion of the Paris Psalter (Psalms 1-50) by the Bible Translation Project. Work in progress.
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NASC The Bible Translation Project The Book of Psalms The first fifty psalms are taken and edited from the Paris Prose Psalter, MS. Bibliothèque Nationale fonds latin 8824. They have been re-edited from a version published in the public domain by Richard Stracke. For more information visit www.aug.edu/augusta/arsenal/psalms/main.htm Throughout...