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ABSTRACT

Aðalsteinsdrápa, see Egill Skalla-Grímsson Advent Lyrics, see Christ I Ælfric, 740: The Preface to Genesis, 740;

The Life of St Edmund, 746; The Sermon of Judith, CV; The Life of St Oswald, CV

Alexander’s Letter to Aristotle, 719: Alexander to Aristotle (chapters 1-6), 720; A meeting with King Porus (chapters 22-25), 723; The Prophecy of the Trees of Sun and Moon (chapters 34-41), 726

Alfred, see King Alfred’s Prefaces, The West Saxon Boethius, The West Saxon Augustine, The West Saxon Bede, The West Saxon Orosius

Andreas, 376: Matthew and the Mermedonians (lines 1-94), 377; Andrew talks with the Lord (lines 469-554), 382; Andrew frees Matthew (lines 910-1019), 387; Andrew calls forth a fl ood (lines 1478-1612), 393

The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, 424, 470: The coming of the Saxons (449), 424; Cynewulf and Cyneheard (755 [for 786]), 426; Alfred’s early wars with the Danes (871-8), CV; Alfred’s later wars with the Danes (892-6), CV; Æthelfl æd, Lady of the Mercians (910-19), CV; The Battle of Brunanburh (937), 470; Edmund’s Capture of the Five Boroughs (942), 470; The Coronation of King Edgar (973), CV; The Death of King Edgar (975), CV; The martyrdom of Archbishop Ælfheah (1012), CV; The battle for England (1016-17), CV; Flashpoint at Dover (1051), CV; The Norman Conquest (1066), CV

Apollonius of Tyre, 781: The Princess falls in love (chapters 15-22), 783

Ari Þorgilsson, Book of Icelanders (Íslendingabók), 638: Greenland and America (chapter 6), 638; The conversion of Iceland (chapter 7), 639

Atlakviða, see The Lay of Attila Augustine, see The West Saxon Augustine

The Battle of Brunanburh (937), 470 The Battle of Maldon (c. 991), 499 Bede, see The West Saxon Bede Beowulf, 5: Scyld Scefi ng’s funeral

(lines 1-52), 6; Beowulf and the Danish coastguard (lines 217-300), 10; Beowulf greets King Hrothgar (lines 405-490), 15; Beowulf ’s fi ght with Grendel (lines 710-828), 20; Funeral at Finnsburh: Hildeburh and Wealhtheow (lines 1063-1191), 27; Future foretold: the fall of Hygelac (lines 1192-1231), 35; King Hrothgar on Grendel’s Mere (1345-1376), 37; Beowulf ’s fi ght with Grendel’s Mother (lines 1473-1572), 39; King Hrothgar’s Sermon (lines 16771784), 45; Beowulf on Princess Freawaru (lines 2014-2072), 52; The lament of the last survivor (lines 2231-2270), 56; King Beowulf fi ghts the Dragon (lines 2529-2599), 59; Wiglaf helps King Beowulf (lines 2599-2711), 63; History related: the rise of Hygelac (lines 2922-2998), 69; King Beowulf ’s funeral (lines 3058-3182), 74

Blickling Homilies, 733; No. 16 ‘The Feast of St Michael the Archangel’, 734 (Mount Garganus and the Bull, 735; St Michael and the Neapolitans, CV; The consecration of St Michael’s church, CV; A pilgrim’s guide to the chapel on Monte Gargano, CV; St Paul’s Vision of Hell, 738)

Boethius, see The West Saxon Boethius Bragi the Old, Eulogy on Ragnarr

(Ragnarsdrápa, c. 850): 128 (stanzas ‘1-11’); 532 (stanzas ‘12-16’)

Brennu-Njáls saga, see The Saga of the Burned Njáll

Brot, see Fragment of the Lay of Sigurðr Brussels Cross Riddle, 283; see also Dream

of the Rood tradition Brut, see Wace Byrhtferth, Enchiridion ‘handbook’, CV:

Teaching aims and outcomes, CV; On the joy of Easter (III.1), CV; Poetic genres and rhetorical fi gures (III.3), CV

Cædmon, Hymn, 276 (Northumbrian text); 459 (West Saxon text); see also The West Saxon Bede

Christ I (Advent Lyrics), CV: No. 5 ‘O Dayspring’, CV; No. 7 ‘O my own Joseph’, CV; No. 9 ‘O splendid woman of Middle World’, CV

Christ II, see Cynewulf Companho farai un vers, see William IX The Coronation of King Edgar (973), CV Cynewulf, Elene, 314: Constantine’s Vision

of the True Cross (lines 1-152), 315; Elene’s discovery of the Nails of the Cross (lines 1109-1235), 324; Cynewulf ’s signed Epilogue (lines 12361321), 330; Christ II, 336: Thoughts on the fi nal harbour (lines 797-866), 336

‘Cynewulf and Cyneheard’, see The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

The Death of King Edgar (975), CV De falsis deis, see Wulfstan Deor, 101 The Dream of the Rood, 283; see also Dream

of the Rood tradition Dream of the Rood tradition, 279: The

Ruthwell Crucifi xion Poem, 280; The Brussels Cross Riddle, 283; The Dream of the Rood, 283

Edmund’s Capture of the Five Boroughs (942), 470

Egill Skalla-Grímsson, Eulogy on Æthelstan (Aðalsteinsdrápa, 937), 477;

Head-Ransom (HLfuðlausn, c. 952), 478; Hard Loss of Sons (Sonatorrek), 176; see also The Saga of Egill Skalla-Grímsson

Egils saga Skalla-Grímssonar, see The Saga of Egill Skalla-Grímsson

Eilífr Goðrúnarson, Eulogy on Þórr (Þórsdrápa, c. 985), 573

Einarr Cup-Tinkle, Gold-Shortage (Vellekla, c. 985), 558; Proem on the Mead of Poetry (stanzas ‘1-6’), 559; Óðinn helps Earl Hákon win Norway (stanzas ‘7-9’), 560; Earl Hákon restores the sacrifi ces (stanzas ‘14-18’), 560; The gods guide Earl Hákon (stanzas ‘30-33’, ‘37’), 562

Eiríks saga Rauða, see The Saga of Eiríkr the Red

Eiríksmál, see The Lay of Eiríkr Bloodaxe El Poema de Mio Cid, see The Poem of My

Cid Elene, see Cynewulf Eulogies on King Cnut, see Óttarr the Black,

Hallvarðr háreksblesi, Sighvatr Þórðarson

Exeter Book Riddles, see Riddles The Exile of the Sons of Uisliu (Longes Mac

n-Uislenn), 134, 262; The fl ight of Deirdre and Noisiu (chapters 1-16), 135; Deirdre of the Sorrows (chapters 17-19), 262

Exodus, 295: The Lord’s pact with Moses (lines 1-62), 296; The Israelites sail to the Red Sea (lines 63-134), 300; Moses puts heart into the Israelites (lines 247-306), 305; The drowning of the Egyptians (lines 447-548), 308

Eyvindr the Plagiarist, Lay of King Hákon the Good (Hákonarmál, c. 961), 492

Farai un vers, pos mi sonelh, see William IX Finnsburh Fragment, 82 Fragment of The Lay of Hildebrand

(Hildebrandslied), 122 Fragment of the Lay of Sigurðr (Brot), CV

Gaimar, History of the English (L’Estoire des Engleis), 802: Havelok the Dane (lines 759-812), 802; Hereward the Wake (lines 5493-5554), 806

Genesis B (The Saxon Genesis; = Genesis (A), lines 235-851), 341

Glúmr Geirason, Eulogy on Greycloak (Gráfeldardrápa, c. 970), CV

Gododdin, see Y Gododdin Gráfeldardrápa, see Glúmr Grettis saga, see The Saga of Grettir the

Strong Guthlac B, CV; Guthlac retires to the

wilderness (lines 878-999), CV; The dying Guthlac with his thegn (lines 1134-1304), CV; The thegn tells Guthlac’s sister (lines 1305-1379), CV

Gylfaginning, see Snorri

Hákonardrápa, see Hallfreðr Troublesome Poet

Hákonarmál, see Eyvindr the Plagiarist

Hallfreðr Óttarsson, Eulogy on Earl Hákon (Hákonardrápa, c. 994), 588

Hallvarðr háreksblesi, Eulogy on King Cnut (Knútsdrápa, 1028), CV

Hamðismál, see The Lay of Hamðir Haralds saga Harðráða, see Snorri

Sturluson HaustlLng, see Þjóðólfr of Hvinir Hávamál, see Sayings of the High One Hildebrandslied, see Fragment of The Lay of

Hildebrand The Husband’s Message, 253 Húsdrápa, see Úlfr Uggason HLfuðlausn, see Egill Skalla-Grímsson

Íslendingabók, see Ari Þorgilsson

Judith, 401

King Alfred’s Prefaces, 431: To the translation of Gregory’s Pastoral Care, 431; To the translation of Boethius’ Consolation of Philosophy, 436; To the translation of Augustine’s Soliloquies, 437

Knútsdrápur (Eulogies on King Cnut), see Óttarr the Black, Hallvarðr háreksblesi, Sighvatr Þórðarson

Kormákr mgmundarson, Eulogy on Earl Sigurðr (Sigurðardrápa, c. 961), CV

L’Estoire des Engleis, see Gaimar La Chanson de Roland, see The Song of

Roland Laüstic, see Marie de France Laxdœla saga, see The Saga of the People of

Laxdale The Lay of Attila (Atlakviða), 150 The Lay of Eiríkr Bloodaxe (Eiríksmál,

c. 954), 488 The Lay of Hamðir (Hamðismál), 259;

Guðrún’s lament (stanzas 1-5), 260 The Lay of Skírnir (Skírnismál), 534 The Lay of Wayland (VLlundarkviða), 106 Le Jeu (Mystère) d’Adam, see The Play of

Adam The Life of St Edmund, see Ælfric The Life of St Oswald, see Ælfric Liðsmannafl okkr, see The Soldiers’ Song Lokasenna, see Loki’s Truth-Game Loki’s Truth-Game (Lokasenna), 609 Longes Mac n-Uislenn, see The Exile of the

Sons of Uisliu

Marie de France, The Nightingale (Laüstic), 845: The husband fi nds the nightingale (lines 69-156), 847

Maxims I, 203: A. The spirit of exchange (lines 1-13), 204; B. God, the world and women (lines 71-137), 205

The Mercian Life of St Guthlac (Vercelli Homily, No. 23), CV (Demons in the wilderness)

Njáls saga, see The Saga of the Burned Njáll

‘Ohthere and Wulfstan’, see The West Saxon Orosius

Orosius, see The West Saxon Orosius Óttarr the Black, Eulogy on King Cnut

(Knútsdrápa, c. 1026), CV

The Play of Adam (Le Jeu (Mystère) d’Adam), 852: The devil talks to Eve (lines 217-271), 853; Adam takes the apple (lines 282-314), 857

The Poem of My Cid, 810: Exile of the Campeador (cantos 1-4, or lines 1-52), 812

Prefaces, see King Alfred’s Prefaces

Rlgnvaldr kali, Lyrics (Saga of the People of Orkney, chapter 86), 824

Ragnarsdrápa, see Bragi the Old The Rhyming Poem, 223 Riddles (of the Exeter Book), 236: No. 1

‘Wind’, 237; No. 5 ‘Shield’, 238; No. 7 ‘Swan’, 239; No. 9 ‘Cuckoo’, 240; No. 12 ‘Ox’, 241; No. 22 ‘Wagon of stars’, 242; No. 25 ‘Onion’, 243; No. 30a ‘The Cross’, 244; No. 46 ‘Lot and family’, 245; No. 47 ‘Bookworm’, 246; No. 54 ‘Churn’, 247; No. 61 ‘Helmet’, CV; No. 66 ‘Creation’, CV; No. 74 ‘Bone’, CV; No. 80 ‘Horn’, CV; No. 95 ‘Book’, CV

Roman de Brut, see Wace The Ruin, 269 Ruthwell Crucifi xion Poem, 280;