Author: Christian Wilhelm Michael GreinPublisher:
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Category : English language
Languages : de
Pages :
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Sprachschatz der Angelsaechsischen Dichter
Author: Christian Wilhelm Michael GreinPublisher:
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Category : English language
Languages : de
Pages :
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King Alfred's Anglo-Saxon Version of the Metres of Boethius
Author: BoethiusPublisher:
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Category : Didactic poetry, English (Old)
Languages : en
Pages : 168
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The Beginnings of English Law
Author: Lisi OliverPublisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1442669225
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
The laws of Æthelbert of Kent (ca. 600), Hlohere and Eadric (685x686), and Wihtred (695), are the earliest laws from Anglo-Saxon England, and the first Germanic laws written in the vernacular. They are of unique importance as the only extant early medieval English laws that delineate the progress of law and legal language in the early days of the conversion to Christianity. Æthelbert's laws, the closest existing equivalent to Germanic law as it was transmitted in a pre-literate period, contrast with Hlohere and Eadric's expanded laws, which concentrate on legal procedure and process, and again contrast with the further changed laws of Wihtred which demonstrate how the new religion of Christianity adapted and changed the law to conform to changing social mores. This volume updates previous works with current scholarship in the fields of linguistics and social and legal history to present new editions and translations of these three Kentish pre-Alfredian laws. Each body of law is situated within its historical, literary, and legal context, annotated, and provided with facing-page translation.
The Old English Dialogues of Solomon and Saturn
Author: Daniel AnlezarkPublisher: D. S. Brewer
ISBN: 9781843842033
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 167
Book Description
First modern edition, with facing translation, of two of the most mysterious Old English texts extant.
The Corpus Glossary
Author: W. M. LindsayPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107637813
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 309
Book Description
Originally published in 1921, this book contains the text of the eighth-century Corpus Glossary, one of the oldest extant texts in English, and one of the longest in the Mercian dialect. Lindsay provides critical comparisons with other surviving glossaries at the bottom of each page and indices in both Latin and Anglo-Saxon. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in the interaction between Latin and Anglo-Saxon dialects or the history of Latin scholarship in Britain.
An Introduction to English Runes
Author: Raymond Ian PagePublisher: Boydell Press
ISBN: 9780851159461
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 278
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Introduction to the use of runes as a practical script for a variety of purposes in Anglo-Saxon England. Runes are quite frequently mentioned in modern writings, usually imprecisely as a source of mystic knowledge, power or insight. This book sets the record straight. It shows runes working as a practical script for a variety of purposes in early English times, among both indigenous Anglo-Saxons and incoming Vikings. In a scholarly yet readable way it examines the introduction of the runic alphabet (the futhorc) to England in the fifth and sixth centuries, the forms and values of its letters, and the ways in which it developed, up until its decline at the end of the Anglo-Saxon period. It discusses how runes were used for informal and day-to-day purposes, on formal monuments, as decorative letters in prestigious manuscripts, for owners' or makers' names on everyday objects, perhaps even in private letters. For the first time, the book presents, together with earlier finds, the many runic objects discovered over the last twenty years, with a range of inscriptions on bone, metal and stone, even including tourists' scratched signatures found on the pilgrimage routes through Italy. It gives an idea of the immense range of informationon language and social history contained in these unique documents. The late R.I. PAGE was former Professor of Anglo-Saxon in the University of Cambridge.
The Paris Psalter and the Meters of Boethius
Author: George Philip KrappPublisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 9780231087698
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 308
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A Collection of Papers with Emphasis on Old English Literature
Author: Eric Gerald StanleyPublisher: PIMS
ISBN: 9780888449030
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 486
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The Deeds of Beowulf
Author: John EarleTales of My Landlord,.: The bride of Lammermoor
Author: Walter ScottPublisher:
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Category : Covenanters
Languages : en
Pages : 354
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