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Three Northumbrian poems: Caedmon's Hymn, Bede's Death song, and the Leiden riddle /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Smith, A. H. (Albert Hugh), 1903-1967
Other Authors: Caedmon, Bede, the Venerable, Saint, 673-735
Format: Book
Language:English
English, Old (ca. 450-1100)
Published: New York : Appleton-Century-Crofts, [1968]
Series:Methuen's Old English library. Series A. Poetic texts ; 1.
Subjects:
English poetry > Old English, ca. 450-1100.
English language > Old English, ca. 450-1100 > Dialects > Northumbrian.
Description
Item Description:Each text is given in two versions; the Northumbrian one and a later version or a West Saxon one. The Leiden riddle is a version by an unknown poet of Aldhelm's Latin riddle, De lorica; the West Saxon riddle which accompanies it is the 35th riddle of the Exeter book.
Reprint of the 1933 London edition.
Physical Description:x, 54 pages ; 19 cm.
Bibliography:Bibliography: pages 48-50.