During the Old English period writers created a variety of prose works such as homilies, saints' lives, histories, tales of adventure, and utilitarian prose. Among the great Old English prose writers are Aelfric, Wulfstan, and King Alfred.
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A description of Anglo-Saxon charters from Wikipedia.
Modern English translation of the laws of the Anglo-Saxon kings through Edgar (959-975). The Mercian and North People's laws are also translated. Includes glossaries.
An encyclopedia article that covers the history and principles of Anglo-Saxon law.
Old English text and modern English translation by Benjamin Thorpe.
Modern English translation by R. Morris.
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A description of Byrhtferth's scientific textbook and its educational purposes and techniques. Includes bibliography. By Andre Crepin.
Includes the complete Old English text of the Distichs of Cato on pages 29-48 of the "Collectanea Anglo-Saxonica," a collection of Old English texts edited by Ludvig Christian Muller.
Includes the Old English text and Eleanor Parker's modern English translation of a large number of the distichs. Also includes many proverbs, maxims, and other pithy expressions of wisdom and advice drawn from Old English poems and prose works.
A searchable, browsable catalog of extant Anglo-Saxon charters. Each entry summarizes the contents of the charter, lists the manuscripts that contain the charter, and cites any printed editions, translations, and published references to the charter. Some entries include the Latin or Old English text of the charter and a modern English translation of the text.
The Old English text of the Harrowing of Hell legend from the Old English Gospel of Nicodemus. From Bright's Anglo-Saxon Reader, by James Wilson Bright, revised by James R. Hulbert.
Modern English translation of the Harrowing of Hell legend from the Old English Gospel of Nicodemus. Includes introductory material. From Select Translations from Old English Prose, edited by Albert S. Cook and Chauncey B. Tinker.
A 3-volume collection of Old English medical and herbal texts edited and translated by Oswald Cockayne. Includes Bald's Leechbook, Leechbook III, the Lacnunga, the Herbarium Apuleii, the Medicina de Quadrupedibus, the Peri Didaxeon, prose and metrical charms, and many other texts.
Old English text and parallel Modern English translation by Tom Sharp.
Modern English translations of three prose texts and one poetic text from the Nowell Codex, the second of two codices in the Beowulf manuscript (Cotton Vitellius A XV).
Modern English translation by Aaron Hostetter.
Anonymous Old English translation of Felix of Crowland's Latin biography of Guthlac. Includes the Old English text, modern English translation, and notes by Charles Wycliffe Goodwin. From the HathiTrust Digital Library.
An edition by Emil Feiler. Includes the Old English prose texts of a number of prayers and observances, each with the Latin original. Also includes three Old English verse prayers (Gloria I, Lord's prayer III, and the Creed) and 45 fragments of psalms. Title and notes are in German.
An edition of St. Aethelwold's Old English translation of the Latin Rule. Title, notes and introduction are in German. By Arnold Schroer.
Old English text and modern English translation of this collection of brief biographies of Christian martyrs. Includes an introduction and notes. By George Herzfeld.
Old English texts and John M. Kemble's modern English translations of the prose Solomon and Saturn (pages 178-197), the poetic Solomon and Saturn (pages 132-177), Adrian and Ritheus (pages 198-211), prose maxims (pages 258-269), and part of Aelfric's homily "De Falsis Diis" (On the False Gods), pages 120-125.. Includes an introduction and related texts that are not in Old English.
Old English text and modern English translation by Benjamin Thorpe.
A description of Byrhtferth's scientific textbook and its educational purposes and techniques. Includes bibliography. By Andre Crepin.
Anonymous Old English translation of Felix of Crowland's Latin biography of Guthlac. Includes the Old English text, modern English translation, and notes by Charles Wycliffe Goodwin. From the HathiTrust Digital Library.
A searchable, browsable catalog of extant Anglo-Saxon charters. Each entry summarizes the contents of the charter, lists the manuscripts that contain the charter, and cites any printed editions, translations, and published references to the charter. Some entries include the Latin or Old English text of the charter and a modern English translation of the text.
An edition by Emil Feiler. Includes the Old English prose texts of a number of prayers and observances, each with the Latin original. Also includes three Old English verse prayers (Gloria I, Lord's prayer III, and the Creed) and 45 fragments of psalms. Title and notes are in German.
An edition of St. Aethelwold's Old English translation of the Latin Rule. Title, notes and introduction are in German. By Arnold Schroer.
Old English texts and John M. Kemble's modern English translations of the prose Solomon and Saturn (pages 178-197), the poetic Solomon and Saturn (pages 132-177), Adrian and Ritheus (pages 198-211), prose maxims (pages 258-269), and part of Aelfric's homily "De Falsis Diis" (On the False Gods), pages 120-125.. Includes an introduction and related texts that are not in Old English.
Modern English translations of three prose texts and one poetic text from the Nowell Codex, the second of two codices in the Beowulf manuscript (Cotton Vitellius A XV).
Old English text and modern English translation of this collection of brief biographies of Christian martyrs. Includes an introduction and notes. By George Herzfeld.
A 3-volume collection of Old English medical and herbal texts edited and translated by Oswald Cockayne. Includes Bald's Leechbook, Leechbook III, the Lacnunga, the Herbarium Apuleii, the Medicina de Quadrupedibus, the Peri Didaxeon, prose and metrical charms, and many other texts.
Includes the complete Old English text of the Distichs of Cato on pages 29-48 of the "Collectanea Anglo-Saxonica," a collection of Old English texts edited by Ludvig Christian Muller.
The Old English text of the Harrowing of Hell legend from the Old English Gospel of Nicodemus. From Bright's Anglo-Saxon Reader, by James Wilson Bright, revised by James R. Hulbert.
Modern English translation of the Harrowing of Hell legend from the Old English Gospel of Nicodemus. Includes introductory material. From Select Translations from Old English Prose, edited by Albert S. Cook and Chauncey B. Tinker.
Includes the Old English text and Eleanor Parker's modern English translation of a large number of the distichs. Also includes many proverbs, maxims, and other pithy expressions of wisdom and advice drawn from Old English poems and prose works.
An encyclopedia article that covers the history and principles of Anglo-Saxon law.
A description of Anglo-Saxon charters from Wikipedia.
Modern English translation by Aaron Hostetter.
Old English text and parallel Modern English translation by Tom Sharp.
Modern English translation by R. Morris.
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Modern English translation of the laws of the Anglo-Saxon kings through Edgar (959-975). The Mercian and North People's laws are also translated. Includes glossaries.
