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A two-part project, containing alliterative verse tranlations of all nine of the "elegies" and a selection of battle poems. The elegies were published in a separate chapbook in 2005, and both parts together as "Anglo Saxon Voices" in 2006, by Pipers'…

Battle of Maldon - Byrhtnoth's Challenge, read in Old English. The battlefield view is taken from the sea-wall looking west, ie. from the Viking viewpoint. The causeway photo shows the 'waters flowing together' as described later in the poem. Please…

Beowulf - Scyld Scefing's Funeral - Read in Old English. The location is the reconstructed Anglo-Saxon village at West Stow, Suffolk, England. Please note that this is the *unglossed* version of the video: a glossed version is available here:…

'Deor' read aloud at West Stow, with accompaniment on Anglo-Saxon lyre.

An account of the Battle of Maldon, with a present-day English introduction, images from the site and extracts in Old English from the poem with present-day English translations.

Scanned book.

Scanned book.

Scanned book.

Introduction
The Ruthwell Cross stands in a small church in the town of Ruthwell, just south of Dumfries, in south-west Scotland. The Cross is seventeen feet four inches tall and must sit in a well four feet deep to serve as the high cross for the…

Old English texts with frame glosses, originally hosted at the University of Calgary http://www.ucalgary.ca/UofC/eduweb/engl401/index.htm. Please be aware that these texts are zipped files: after downloading them, you will need to right-click on them…