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Anglo-Saxon Minor Poems


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THE BATTLE OF FINNSBURH
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WALDERE
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I
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II
  
THE BATTLE OF MALDON
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THE POEMS OF THE ANGLO-SAXON CHRONICLE
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1. THE BATTLE OF BRUNANBURH (937)
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2. THE CAPTURE OF THE FIVE BOROUGHS (942)
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3. THE CORONATION OF EDGAR (973)
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4. THE DEATH OF EDGAR (975)
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5. THE DEATH OF ALFRED (1036)
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6. THE DEATH OF EDWARD (1065)
  
DURHAM
  
THE RUNE POEM
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SOLOMON AND SATURN
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I
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II
  
THE MENOLOGIUM
  
MAXIMS 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 GLORIA I
  
THE LORD'S PRAYER III
  
THE CREED
  
FRAGMENTS OF PSALMS
  
THE KENTISH HYMN
  
PSALM 50
  
THE GLORIA II
  
A PRAYER
  
THURETH
  
ALDHELM
  
THE SEASONS FOR FASTING
  
CÆDMON'S HYMN
  
CÆDMON'S HYMN
  
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
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1. FOR UNFRUITFUL LAND
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2. THE NINE HERBS CHARM
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3. AGAINST A DWARF
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4. FOR A SUDDEN STITCH
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5. FOR LOSS OF CATTLE
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6. FOR DELAYED BIRTH
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7. FOR THE WATER-ELF DISEASE
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8. FOR A SWARM OF BEES
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9. FOR THEFT OF CATTLE
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10. FOR LOSS OF CATTLE
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11. A JOURNEY CHARM
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12. AGAINST A WEN

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5. FOR LOSS OF CATTLE

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MS. Harley 585

Þonne þe mon ærest secge þæt þin ceap sy losod, þonne cweð þu ærest, ær þu elles hwæt cweþe:

Bæðleem hatte seo buruh þe Crist on acænned wæs,
seo is gemærsod geond ealne middangeard;
swa þyos dæd for monnum mære gewurþe

þurh þa haligan Cristes rode! Amen. Gebide þe þonne þriwa east and cweþ þonne þriwa: Crux Christi ab oriente reducað. Gebide þe þonne þriwa west and cweð þonne þriwa: Crux Christi ab occidente reducat. Gebide þe þonne þriwa suð and cweþ þriwa: Crux Christi ab austro reducat. Gebide þonne þriwa norð and cweð þriwa: Crux Christi ab aquilone reducað, crux Christi abscondita est et inuenta est. Iudeas Crist ahengon, dydon dæda þa wyrrestan, hælon þæt hy forhelan ne mihtan. Swa þeos dæd nænige þinga forholen ne wurþe þurh þa haligan Cristes rode.

Amen.
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