Ðær His Eðel Wæs: An Anthology of Anglo-Saxon Poetry

By Andrew B. F. Carnabuci

??r His E?el W?s ("Thither His Homeland Was") includes new verse translations of a selection of the most important surviving poems written in Anglo-Saxon, including elegies, gnomic poems, battle poems, and poems of Christian consolation, all presented in a bilingual layout for ease of reference, with translator's introduction and notes. Together, they reveal an ancient culture defined by its remarkable ability to shape sorrow into beauty. The Elegies: The Wanderer, Deor the Scald's Lament, The Ruin, Wulf & Eadwacer; The Gnomic Poems: Widsi?, A Proverb from Winfrid's Time, The Fortunes of Men, The Rhyming Poem; Battle Poems: Waldere A, Waldere B, The Battle of Finnsburg, The Battle of Brunanburg, The Battle of Maldon; Metrical Charms: Against a Dwarf, A Journey Charm; Anglo-Saxon Christianity: Homily & Allegory: The Seafarer, Soul & Body I, C?dmon's Hymn, Kentish Hymn, Resignation A, Resignation B, The Whale, Bede's Death-Song, Thureth, The Fates of the Apostles, The Dream of the Rood.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1797579614
• ISBN13: 9781797579610
• Release Date: February 2019
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 740 Pages
• Weight: 2.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.9" x 6.0"