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Anglo-Saxon Minor Poems

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THE BATTLE OF FINNSBURH

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I.

II.

THE BATTLE OF MALDON

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THE POEMS OF THE ANGLO-SAXON CHRONICLE

1.

1. THE BATTLE OF BRUNANBURH (937)

2.

2. THE CAPTURE OF THE FIVE BOROUGHS (942)

3.

3. THE CORONATION OF EDGAR (973)

4.

4. THE DEATH OF EDGAR (975)

5.

5. THE DEATH OF ALFRED (1036)

6.

6. THE DEATH OF EDWARD (1065)

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SOLOMON AND SATURN

I.

II.

A PROVERB FROM WINFRID'S TIME

THE JUDGMENT DAY II

AN EXHORTATION TO CHRISTIAN LIVING

A SUMMONS TO PRAYER

THE LORD'S PRAYER II

THE LORD'S PRAYER III

FRAGMENTS OF PSALMS

THE KENTISH HYMN

THURETH

THE SEASONS FOR FASTING

BEDE'S DEATH SONG

BEDE'S DEATH SONG

BEDE'S DEATH SONG

THE LEIDEN RIDDLE

LATIN-ENGLISH PROVERBS

THE METRICAL PREFACE TO THE PASTORAL CARE

THE METRICAL EPILOGUE TO THE PASTORAL CARE

THE METRICAL PREFACE TO WÆRFERTH'S TRANSLATION OF GREGORY'S DIALOGUES

THE METRICAL EPILOGUE TO MS. 41, CORPUS CHRISTI COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE

THE RUTHWELL CROSS

THE BRUSSELS CROSS

THE FRANKS CASKET

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THE METRICAL CHARMS

1.

1. FOR UNFRUITFUL LAND

2.

2. THE NINE HERBS CHARM

3.

3. AGAINST A DWARF

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4. FOR A SUDDEN STITCH

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5. FOR LOSS OF CATTLE

6.

6. FOR DELAYED BIRTH

7.

7. FOR THE WATER-ELF DISEASE

8.

8. FOR A SWARM OF BEES

9.

9. FOR THEFT OF CATTLE

10.

10. FOR LOSS OF CATTLE

11.

11. A JOURNEY CHARM

12.

12. AGAINST A WEN

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THURETH

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MS. Cotton Claudius A. iii

Ic eom halgungboc; healde hine dryhten
þe me fægere þus frætewum belegde.
Þureð to þance þus het me wyrcean,
to loue and to wurðe, þam þe leoht gesceop.
Gemyndi is he mihta gehwylcre
þæs þe he on foldan gefremian mæg,
and him geþancie þeoda waldend
þæs þe he on gemynde madma manega
wyle gemearcian metode to lace;
and he sceal æce lean ealle findan
þæs þe he on foldan fremaþ to ryhte.