From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishˌAnglo-ˈSaxon noun 1 [countable] someone who belonged to the race of people who lived in England from about 600 AD2 [uncountable] the language used by the Anglo-Saxons3 [countable] a white person, especially someone whose family originally ...
Translator's Notes: "Cædmon's Hymn" is one of the oldest surviving examples of Anglo-Saxon alliterative verse. Below, I have indicated the alliteration in my translation, with underscores:Humbly we honour heaven-kingdom's Guardian, [n, h, g, d]...
An Anglo-Saxon translator, working on the Old English version of the Latin Pseudo-Apuleius, inherited an account of Herba Britannica which was a confusion of two different plants, compiled from several sources. The information available to him is discussed, in an effort to understand how he ...
When I read Shakespeare, I think that he had more in common with his hard-living and stern-skinned Old English forebears than with the prim and decorous Restoration poets who were to follow. The thing to know about the Anglo Saxons is that they areourpoets. They are the first poets of...
Crossley-Holland--the widely acclaimed translator of Old English texts--introduces the Anglo-Saxons through their chronicles, laws, letters, charters, and poetry, with many of the greatest surviving poems printed in their entirety. (Oxfo... ...
Matthew has worked in the IT industry, where he spent all day writing and editing, just not the words that most interested him. Prior to that he worked in Spain as an English teacher and translator. Matthew lives in Wiltshire, England, with his wife and their two daughters. ...
Swanton, Michael (trans).Anglo-Saxon Prose Swanton(Everyman Paperback Classics) A collection of prose work from Old English. Theophilis.On Diverse Arts Has done great things for numerous people in metalworking and such. Thorsson, Ornolfur (ed.).The Sagas of the Icelanders ...
1. Anglo-Saxon literature History of British Literature For Undergraduate Students ⏹What is Literature?⏹written material such as poetry, novels, or essays ⏹the body of written work of a particular culture, people, or era: Elizabethan literature ⏹written or printed matter of ...
He was a well-known translator. He translated some important Latin works into English. But of his works, the most important is The Anglo-Saxon Chronicles(盎格鲁-撒克逊编年史). This book records the main happenings of the Anglo-Saxon period. It is the best monument of the Old English prose....
He was a well-known translator. He translated some important Latin works into English. But of his works, the most important is The Anglo-Saxon Chronicles. This book records the main happenings of the Anglo-Saxon period. It is the best monument of the Old English prose. 3. Aelfric (955-...