- •Runic Inscriptions
- •In some inscriptions the runes were found arranged in a fixed order making a sort of alphabet. After the first six letters this alphabet is called futhark /'fu:θɑ:k/
- •Agate /'ægət/ ring with runic inscription (1/1).
- •Old English Manuscripts
- •Principal Old English Written Records
- •1 The dialect of oe poetry is uncertain. Most of the poems are Anglian by origin (Northumbrian or Mercian) but were preserved in 10th c. West Saxon copies.
Principal Old English Written Records
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Kentish |
West Saxon |
Mercian |
Northumbrian |
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8th century |
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Names in Latin, Charters Glosses to Bede's ECCLESIAS-TICAL HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH PEOPLE
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Charters |
Names in Latin, Charters Glosses |
Runic inscriptions; the Ruthwell Cross; the Franks Casket Poetry attributed to C dmon (HYMN, GENESIS, EXODUS) Poetry attributed to Cynewulf (CHRIST, FATE OF THE APOSTLES,ELENE) BEOWULF Elegiac poems (TRAVELLER'S SONG, SEAFARER, WANDERER)
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9th century |
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Charters |
Charters Alfred's literary activity (translations of Gregory's PASTORAL CARE Orosius' WORLD HISTORY;Boethius CONSOLATION OF PHILOSOPHY; Bede's ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY); the earliest part of the ANGLO-SAXON CHRO-NICLE, Charters; Royal Writs |
Charters of Mercian kings Interlinear glosses to psalters and gospels Hymns |
Riddles |
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10th - 11th century |
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Kentish Hymn; Ken- tish Psalm; Glosses to Proverbs |
Elfric's works: GOSPELS, HOMILIES, LIVES OF SAINTS, LATIN GRAMMAR, COLLOQUIUM, OLD TESTAMENT Copies of OE poetry1 ANGLO-SAXON CHRONICLE continued; Wulfstan's HOMILIES |
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Glosses in the Lindisfarne Gospels The Rushworth Gospels The Durham Ritual
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