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Acknowledgements xi
Part I 1
1 Origins 3
2 Recognising Old English Words 17
3 People and Things 34
4 Place, Time, Manner and Reason 53
5 Actions and Events 72
6 Introducing Old English Poetry 96
7 Translating Old English Poetry: Beowulf 114
Part II Four Old English Texts 137
Introduction 139
Text A Cynewulf and Cyneheard 141
Text B Beowulf, lines 710 836 152
Text C The Battle of Maldon 169
Text D The Dream of the Rood 210
Concluding Remarks 234
Glossary of Technical Terms 235
Appendix: Old English Paradigms
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Christopher Lee as Saruman in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers,
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Cambridge, Manuscript 183, fol. 1v, reproduced by permission of the
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