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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

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

4.

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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BEDE'S DEATH SONG

WEST SAXON VERSION

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Text from MS. Digby 211 (Dg), with variants from the other MSS.

For þam nedfere næni wyrþeþ
þances snotera, þonne him þearf sy
to gehicgenne ær his heonengange
hwæt his gaste godes oþþe yfeles
æfter deaþe heonon demed weorþe.