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iutielmdesundra l:Dic  \nPoems and Prose from the Old English  \n\n| TRANSLATED BY   |\n| --- |\n| BURTON RAFFEL   |\n|  |\n| EDITED BY ALEXANDRA H.OLSEN   |\n| AND BURTON RAFFEL   |\n|  |\n| INTRODUCTIONS BY   |\n| ALEXANDRA H.OLSEN   |\n|  |\n| YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS   |\n| NEW HAVEN AND LONDON   |\n\n# and Prose\n\nfrom the  \nOld English  \nCopyright ◎I998 by Yale University.All rights reserved.Thisbook may not be reproduced,in whole or in part,includingillustrations,in any form(beyond that copying permitted bySections Io7 and ro8 of the U.S.Copyright Law and except byreviewers for the public press),without written permissionfrom the publishers.  \nDesigned by Nancy Ovedovitz and set in Monotype Bembotype by Tseng Information Systems,Inc.Printed in the UnitedStates ofAmerica by Vail-Ballou Press,Binghamton,New York.  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication DataPoems from the Old English  \nPoems and prose from the Old English /translated by BurtonRaffel;edited by Alexandra H.Olsen and Burton Raffel;introductions by Alexandra H.Olsen.  \np.cm.  \nISBN O-300-06994-4(cloth :alk.paper).一ISBN  \n0-300-06995-2(pbk.:alk.paper)  \nI.English literature-Old English,ca.450-II00-Modernized  \nversions.2.Civilization,Anglo-Saxon—Literary collections.  \n3.Civilization,Medieval—Literary collections.4.Anglo-Saxons—Literary collections.I.Raffel,Burton.II.Olsen,Alexandra Hennessey.I.Title.PRIS08.P59 I998829'.o8-dc2197-22556  \nA catalogue record for this book is available from the BritishLibrary.  \nThe paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanenceand durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines forBook Longevity of the Council on Library Resources.  \nIO 98765432 I  \na.h.o.:to Gary L.Olsen,uncer giedd geador  \nb.r.:to the memory of Morton Bloomfield,with whom I firststudied Old English  \nContents  \nIntroduction xiSelected Bibliography xxiii  \nPOETRY  \nProsody and Style 3  \nElegies 5  \nThe Wanderer,7/The Seafarer,Io/AWoman's Lament,I4/Wulfand Eadwacer,Is/The Husband's Message,I6/Deor,I8/The Ruin,I9  \nHeroic Poems 22  \nJudith,23/Elene,35/The Battle of Finnsburh,39/The Battle ofBrunanburh,40/Anglo-Saxon Chronicle:A.D.975,42/TheBattle of Maldon,43  \nReligious Poems 53  \nCaedmon's Hymn,55/Bede's Death Song:A Paraphrase,55/TheDream of the Rood,ss/Christ I:Twelve Advent Lyrics,61/  \nGenesis A:Abraham and Isaac,73/Genesis B,76/The Phoenix,95  \n# Wisdom Poetry I07\n\nRiddle 1,IIO/Riddle 2,IIo/Riddle3,III/Riddle 7,II3/Riddle 8,II3/Riddle 11,II3/Riddle 14,II4/Riddle 15,II4/Riddle 25,IIS/Riddle 26,II6/Riddle 28,II6/Riddle 2g,II7/Riddle 32,II7/Riddle 33,II8/Riddle 44,II8/Riddle 45,II8/Riddle 47,II9/Riddle 57,II9/Riddle 6o,II9/Riddle 66,I20/Riddle 87,I20/Maxims I,I20/The Fortunes of Men,I28/Physiologus,I3I/Charm for Bewitched Land,I36  \n## PROSE\n\nPaternoster,I38Old English Prose I39  \nHistorical Prose I4I  \nThe Anglo-Saxon Chronicle,I4I/A.D.449,I42/A.D.754,I43/  \nA.D.755,I43/A.D.793,I44  \n## Testamentary and Legal Prose 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