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Preface | |
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Preface to the Second Edition | |
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Preface to the Third Edition | |
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How to use this book | |
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The Anglo-Saxons and Their Language | |
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Who were they? | |
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Where did their language come from? | |
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What was Old English like? | |
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The Indo-European languages | |
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The Germanic languages | |
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West Germanic and Low German | |
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Old and Modern English | |
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Old English dialects | |
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Pronunciation | |
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Quick start | |
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Vowels and diphthongs | |
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Consonants | |
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Sermonette | |
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More about vowels | |
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Short a, � and ea | |
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I-mutation | |
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Silent e; o for u | |
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More about c and g | |
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Syllable length | |
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Accentuation | |
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On-line pronunciation practice | |
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Summary | |
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Basic Grammar: A Review | |
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Parts of speech | |
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Nouns | |
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Pronouns | |
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Verbs | |
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Adjectives | |
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Adverbs | |
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Prepositions | |
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Conjunctions | |
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Interjections | |
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Phrases | |
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Clauses | |
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Elements of the sentence or clause | |
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Subject | |
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Verb | |
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Object | |
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Complement | |
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Predicate | |
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Case | |
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What is case? | |
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Uses of the cases | |
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Nominative | |
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Accusative | |
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Genitive | |
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Dative | |
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Instrumental | |
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Pronouns | |
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Quick start | |
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Personal pronouns | |
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Possessive adjectives | |
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Demonstrative pronouns | |
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More about personal and demonstrative pronouns | |
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The dual number | |
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Common spelling variants | |
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Interrogative pronouns | |
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Indefinite pronouns | |
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Relative pronouns | |
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Reflexive pronouns | |
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Reciprocal pronouns | |
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Nouns | |
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Quick start | |
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Strong nouns | |
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Weak nouns | |
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Athematic nouns | |
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The noun phrase | |
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More about strong nouns | |
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Two-syllable nouns | |
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Nouns with changes in the stem syllable | |
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Nouns with -w- or -g- before the ending | |
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Minor declensions | |
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u-stem nouns | |
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Nouns of relationship | |
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Nouns with -r- plurals | |
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Nouns with -p- endings | |
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Verbs | |
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Quick start | |
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Strong and weak verbs | |
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Beon 'to be' | |
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Preterite-present verbs | |
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More about endings | |
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Assimilation | |
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Plurals ending in -e | |
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Subjunctive plural endings | |
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More about weak verbs | |
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Classes 1 and 2 | |
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Class 1 weak verbs that change their vowels | |
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Contracted verbs | |
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Class 3 weak verbs | |
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More about strong verbs | |
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The strong verb classes | |
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Verbs affected by grammatical alternation | |
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Contracted verbs | |
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Tips on strong verbs | |
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Verbs with weak presents and strong pasts | |
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More about preterite-present verbs | |
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Don, gan, willan | |
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Negation | |
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The verbals | |
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Infinitives | |
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Participles | |
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The subjunctive | |
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Adjectives | |
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Quick start | |
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Strong adjectives | |
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Weak adjectives | |
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Comparison of adjectives | |
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The adjective in the noun phrase | |
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Numerals | |
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Quick start | |
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Cardinal numbers | |
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Ordinal numbers | |
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Adverbs, Conjunctions and Prepositions | |
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Quick start | |
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Adverbs | |
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Comparison of adverbs | |
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Conjunctions | |
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Correlation | |
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Prepositions | |
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Concord | |
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Quick start | |
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Subject and verb | |
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Impersonal verbs | |
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Pronoun and antecedent | |
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Noun and modifiers | |
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Bad grammar? | |
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Word-order | |
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Quick start | |
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Subject-Verb | |
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Verb-Subject | |
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Subject…Verb | |
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Correlation | |
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Anticipation | |
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Periphrastic verbs | |
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Metre | |
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Alliteration | |
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Rhythm | |
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Lifts, half-lifts and drops | |
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Rhythmic types | |
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Hypermetric verses | |
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Poetic Style | |
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Vocabulary | |
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Variation | |
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Formulas | |
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Phrases | |
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Themes | |
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Originality and quality | |
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The Grammar of Poetry | |
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Inflections | |
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Pronouns | |
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Verbs | |
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Adjectives | |
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Syntax | |
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Omission of subjects and objects | |
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Omission of prepositions | |
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Adjectives used as nouns | |
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Word-order | |
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Independent and subordinate clauses | |
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Old English in its Material Context | |
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Manuscripts | |
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Construction of the manuscript | |
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The Old English alphabet | |
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Abbreviations | |
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Punctuation and capitalization | |
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Word- and line-division | |
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Errors and corrections | |
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Runes | |
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Other inscriptions | |
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Common Spelling Variants | |
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Vowels of accented syllables | |
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Unaccented syllables | |
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Consonants | |
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Phonetic Symbols and Terms | |
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International Phonetic Alphabet symbols | |
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Phonetic terms | |
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Further Reading | |
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General works | |
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Grammars | |
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Dictionaries and concordances | |
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Bibliographies | |
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Old English texts and translations | |
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Literary criticism; sources and analogues; metre | |
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History and culture | |
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Manuscripts, art and archaeology | |
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On-line aids | |
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On-line amusements | |
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Anthology | |
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The Fall of Adam and Eve | |
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The Life of St AEthelthryth | |
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Cynewulf and Cyneheard | |
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The Martyrdom of AElfheah | |
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Sermo Lupi ad Anglos | |
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King Alfred's Preface to Gregory's Pastoral Care | |
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Ohthere and Wulfstan | |
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The Story of Casdmon | |
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Boethius on Fame | |
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A Selection of Riddles | |
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The Battle of Maldon | |
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The Wanderer | |
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The Dream of the Rood | |
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The Battle of Finnesburh | |
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Waldere | |
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Wulf and Eadwacer | |
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The Wife's Lament | |
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The Husband's Message | |
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Judith | |
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Textual Notes | |
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Glossary | |
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References | |
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Index | |