Individual Poems Saxon Anglo British World Literature

During the Anglo-Saxon period writers produced a variety of poems in many different genres, such as secular heroic poems, Old Testament narrative poems, poems about Christian saints, and elegiac poems. Some examples of great Anglo-Saxon poems are the Wanderer, the Seafarer, and the Dream of the Rood.

• Battle of Maldon: Hypertext Edition - Includes Old English text with running glossary and notes, reading list, modern English translation, contextual information, and electronic resources.
  
• Daniel - Modern English translation by Charles W. Kennedy.
  
• The Paris Psalter - Complete text of the verse portion of the Paris Psalter (Psalms 51-150).
  
• Widsith - Modern English translation by Bella Millet.
  
• The Whale - Old English text of lines 1-56 with a facing modern English translation by Louis Rodrigues.
  
• The Ruin - Old English text with facing modern English translation by Michael Alexander.
  
• Soul and Body I - Old English text and modern English translation by T.A. Shippey.
  
• Exodus - Modern English translation by Charles W.Kennedy.
  
• Wulf and Eadwacer - Old English text with words hot-linked to glossary.
  
• Maxims I - Excerpt from the Old English text, with facing modern English translation by Louis Rodrigues.
  
• The Ruthwell Cross - Modern English translation of the Old English poem inscribed in runic characters on the Ruthwell Cross. Includes a video on the Ruthwell Cross.
  
• Maxims II - Modern English translation of lines 1-13 by R.K. Gordon.
  
• Christ and Satan - Modern English translation by Charles W. Kennedy.
  
• The Riming Poem - Modern English translation.
  
• Guthlac - Charles W. Kennedy's modern English translation of the Guthlac A and Guthlac B poems. [PDF]
  
• Judgment Day I - Old English text and modern English translation by T.A. Shippey.
  
• The Battle of Finnsburh - Old English text and modern English translation by Benjamin Slade. Includes introduction and explanatory notes.
  
• Genesis (Genesis A & B) - Modern English translation by Charles W. Kennedy.
  
• Judgment Day II - Old English text and modern English translation by J.R. Lumby.
  
• Meters of Boethius - Modern English translation of the 31 meters of Boethius.
  
• The Panther - Albert S. Cook's edition of the Panther and the other two poems that make up the Old English bestiary: the Whale and the Partridge. Includes introduction, parallel modern English verse translations by James H. Pittman and prose translations by Cook, and b
  
• Waldere (A and B) - Old English text and modern English translation by Benjamin Slade. Includes introduction and explanatory notes.
  
• The Phoenix - Old English text and modern English translation by S.A.J. Bradley.
  
• Andreas - Modern English translation by Charles W. Kennedy. [PDF]
  
• Durham - Old English text with facing modern English translation by Louis Rodrigues.
  
• The Franks Casket - Includes the texts of the Old English verse inscriptions on the casket and translations into modern English.
  
• The Battle of Brunanburh - Includes text, modern English translation, Tennyson's famous 19th century translation, glossary, and bibliography.
  
• Judith - Modern English translation by Albert S. Cook. Includes introduction and manuscript image.
  
• The Wife's Lament: Hypertext Edition - Includes Old English text with running glossary and notes, reading list, modern English translations, contextual information, and electronic resources.
  
• The Husband's Message - Old English text with words hot-linked to glossary.
  
• The Wife's Lament - Old English text with words hot-linked to glossary. At University of Virginia.
  
• Deor - Old English text and modern English translation by Benjamin Slade. Includes introduction and explanatory notes.
  
• The Brussels Cross - Description of the artifact includes the text of the Old English inscription on the cross and a modern English translation.
  
• The Rune Poem - Modern English translation with link to Old English text.
  
• Battle of Maldon - Old English text with words hot-linked to glossary.
  
  

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