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1 The index covers the Introduction, section-notes, headnotes and text-notes; only the names of the more important people and places are included. An n after a page-number indicates that the reference will be found in a text-note on that page. Abel 127n Abingdon 64n,94n Abraham 103 Adam 103, 108n, 130, 131, 200n aenigmata, see Latin literature Aidan, bishop of Lindisfarne 45 Alcuin of York 219n Aldhelm, bishop of Sherborne 310 Alexander the Great ; see also Letter of Alexander Alfred the Great, king of Wessex 17, 44, 45 6, 61, 93n, 96; and learning 2, 25n, 30, 43, 69, 97, 131; his preface to Gregory s Cura pastoralis 30 6; translation of Boethius s De consolatione Philosophiae 2, 37 42, 298n, 307n, 318, 320n; translation of psalms ; see also lawcodes allegory, Christian 339 alliteration, see poetry, prose Ambrosius 75n anacrusis, see poetry Andrew, St 197n Angles 73n; see also Anglo-Saxons Anglo-Saxon Chronicle 44, 61 8, 86, 221, 232, 251, 296; Peterborough version 44, 62; Parker version 64n, 87, 245, 246; see also Battle of Brunanburh, Cynewulf and Cyneheard Anglo-Saxons, arrival in Britain 43, 70, 76n, 86, 87, 91n, 270; kingdoms 1; tribes, see Angles, Frisians, Jutes, Saxons; conversion, see Christianity Anna, king of East Anglia 172, 173n Antichrist 211n aphorisms 293 Apollonius of Tyre xx, 232, Aristotle 239 Asser 36n, Athelney 36n Attila the Hun 320n Augustine, archbishop of Canterbury: mission to the English 1, 43, 45, 57n Augustine, St, bishop of Hippo 181, 203, 205n, 221; De ciuitate Dei ( The City of God ) 106, 221, 225n; Enarrationes in psalmos 120n Ælfgifu, will of 44, 92 5 Ælfric, abbot of Eynsham 1, 4, 69, 147; Catholic Homilies 4, 23n, 170, 181 2; audience of 181; Colloquy 4 10; De temporibus annis 11; A Homily for Easter 165, ; Excerptiones ( Grammar ) 4, 22 9, 302; Glossary 4, 22; Lives of Saints 4, 170, 171, 172, 178; Life of St Æthelthryth 166, 170, 171 7; Preface to translation of Genesis 104, 122 9; Sermones catholicae, see Catholic Homilies Ælfric, archbishop 66n Ælfric, ealdorman 63n,65n Ælfwine 11; Ælfwine s Prayerbook 2, Æthelberht, king of Kent 43, 53n; see also lawcodes Æthelmær, ealdorman 4 526

2 527 Æthelred, king 4, 44, 62, 64n,67n, 203, 209, 215n, 251; see also lawcodes Æthelstan, king 44, 86, 88n Æthelthryth, St 166, 171 2; see also Ælfric, Life of St Æthelthryth Æthelweard, ealdorman 4, 122, 248n Æthelwold, bishop of Winchester 4, 25n, 64n,94n Bald s Leechbook 2, 11, Bath 94n, 322 [The] Battle of Brunanburh [The] Battle of Maldon xxiii, xxv, 232, , 286; Christianity in 252 Beaduhild 319n beasts of battle topos 157n, 286, 288n Bede 30, 43, 69, 167, 181; Death Song 166, 167 9; Historia ecclesiastica 1, 43, 45, 61, 66n, 69 85, 171, 172; Martyrologium 171 Benedict of Aniane 5 Benedictine Reform 1, 64n,94n Benedictine Rule see Rule of St Benedict Beowulf 147, 194n, 231, 239, , 293; Beowulf 270; Christianity in 231, 271 Beowulf-manuscript 147, 239, 270, 271 Bible 1, 103 4, 138, 147; see also Vulgate; the Old Testament 46, 82n, 103, 110, 122, 339; the Pentateuch 34n, 124n, 186n; the Heptateuch 106; the Hexateuch 106; the Psalms 113n, 116; see also Alfred; the New Testament 14n, 103; the Gospels 103 4, 110; translation of Bible 34n, 103 4; Bible riddle , bilingualism 1, 2, Blickling Homilies 181, 280 blood-feud, see feud Boethius 37; De consolatione philosophiae, see Alfred Book of Ely, see Liber Eliensis Brice, St 67n Britons 71, 74n, 86, 87, 247n Brunanburh 44, 86; see also Battle of Brunanburh Brussels Cross 192 Byrhtferth of Ramsey 66n Byrhtnoth, ealdorman 65n, 251 2, 258n; see also Battle of Maldon Byrhtwold (in Battle of Maldon) 252 Cain 127n, 271, 280 Canterbury 1, 302 Canute, see Cnut cartularies 92 Cædmon 43, 76, 85n Cædmon s Hymn 76 7, 80n caesura, see poetry Celtic Britain 46; see also Britons Cenwealh, king of Wessex 173n, 176n ceorl 50n,68n, 305n Cerdic, king of Wessex 250n Cerne Abbas, Dorset 1, 4, 22, 181, 182 Chaucer 37; the Man of Law s Tale 233 Christ 12, 14n, 103, 110, 189n, 190n; see also crucifixion, The Dream of the Rood Christ III 143n Christ and Satan 130, 309n Christ Church, Canterbury 4 Christianity: doctrine and practice 165 6, 193; Christian history 43, 46, 69, 72n, 103 4, 130, 294; see also Jewish history; theme of exile in 221 2, 225n, 327; conversion of England 1, 45; English backsliding 30, 209; see also Augustine of Canterbury, church, monasteries Christopher, St 239 church: organisation 48n, 58, 69; festivals 11, 57n; language of 1; divine office (services) 1, 116 City of God, see Augustine of Hippo Cnut, king 43, 62, 203, 209, 215n, 251 Codex Wintoniensis 92 coinage 50n,94n Coldingham Abbey 171 colloquies 1, 4 confessors, see saints consonants xxx, xxxi Constantine, Roman emperor 199n Constantine III, king of the Scots 86, 89n Continent, relations with 30, 32n,69

3 528 contraction xix, xx, 387, 388, 389 conversions, see Christianity Cornwall 247n Cotton, Sir Robert, library of 252, 271 cross, the cult of 192 crucifixion 166, ; see also Dream of the Rood Cuthbert, abbot 167 Cuthbert, St, of Lindisfarne 170 Cyneheard, prince, see Cynewulf and Cyneheard Cynewulf and Cyneheard episode 61, 232, Danes 2, 32n, 37, 44, 62, 67n, 209, 210, 251, 270, 273, 274n; danegeld 213n; see also Vikings, Battle of Maldon, Beowulf, Fight at Finnsburh Daniel 76, 130 Dante 69 David, king of Israel 113n, 116 Dee, river 86, 90n Denmark 270; see also Danes Deor 231, 293, devil, see Satan dialects of OE: Anglian 168; Kentish 47; Mercian xx, xxxiii; Northumbrian xxxiii, 77, 80n, 167, 168; West Saxon xx, xxxiii, 77 [The] Dicts of Cato, see Disticha Catonis diphthongs xxx, xxxii xxxiii Disticha Catonis ( The Dicts of Cato ) 302, 304n divine office, see church, monasteries Donatus 22 Doomsday, see Judgement Day dragons 294, 296, 299n [The] Dream of the Rood xxiii, 166, Dublin 86, 89n Dunstan, archbishop of Canterbury 25n, 64n Durham Proverbs 12, 293, Eadwig, king 92 ealdorman 63n, 298n East Anglia 71, 171 Ecgfrith, king of Northumbria 171, 173n Eden 108n, 200n, 294 Edgar, king 92, 215n, 322 Edington 37 Edmund, king 62, 86, 88n Edmund, St, king of East Anglia 170 Edward the Elder, king 44, 88n, 96, 97, 99n Edward the Martyr, king 62, 94n, 215n elegy 221 elegiac themes 317, 322, 328 Elene 199n Elphinston, John 252 Ely 203; Abbey of 92, 172, 174n, 176n; Book of, see Liber Eliensis emendation xxi Emma, queen 67n Eormanric 320n Epistola Alexandri ad Aristotelem 239 eschatology 165, 203 Essex 71 etymological fallacy xvii Eugenia, St 166, 171, 172; in OE Martyrology Eve 103, 108n, 130, 131, 200n Exeter Book 221, 222, 294, 310, 317, 322, 335 exile, theme of 226n, 319n, 328, 329n, 339; see also Christianity Exodus 76, 130, Eynsham 4 Fabricius 318 Fall, the 103; see also Genesis B fate 38, 39n, 294, 329n female voice 335, 339 feud 45, 271, 286, 339; see also Fight at Finnsburh [The] Fight at Finnsburh 231, [The] Fonthill Letter 44, Finn, king of Frisians 231, 273, 275n, 286 formulaic system xxiv, 46, 55n, 146n Franks 71 Franks Casket 318

4 529 Frisians 71; in Beowulf 275n;in[The] Fight at Finnsburh 286 7;see also Finn genealogies 73n, 204, 246 Geatland (southern Sweden) 270, 281n Genesis A and B 76, 130 Genesis A 130 Genesis B Germanic legend 317, 318 gift-giving 286, 296, 299n; see also treasure Gildas 70, 75n,91n; De excidio Britanniae 219n glossing 1, 4 5, 116 gnomes 293 Gospels, see Bible Gower, Confessio Amantis 233 grammars 4 Greek 34n, 122 Gregory the Great, pope 43, 57n, 181, 182; Cura pastoralis 30, 35n, 123n; Dialogi 30, 320n Grendel (in Beowulf) 231, 279; his mother 231, Grettis saga 280 Grimbald 36n hagiography, see saints lives hall-companionship 286 harrowing of hell 190n, 202n Haymo 181 Hearne, Thomas 252 heathenism, see paganism Hebrew 34n, 107, 122 Helena, St 199n Hengest 73n Heorot 273, 279 heroic culture and themes 131, 148, 193, 231, 251, 258n, 271, 296, 299n, 322, 327, 330n heroic style and diction 76, 86, 132n, 148, 253, 286 [OE] Hexateuch Hickes, George 286, 287 Hild, abbess of Whitby 76 Hildeburh (in Beowulf) 231, 271, 272 9, 286 Holofernes 147 8; see also Judith homilies 165; see also Ælfric Horsa 73n hostages 248n, 252, 266n Hrothgar, king (in Beowulf) 227n, 274n, 280, 281n Hugh, count, of Normandy 68n [The] Husband s Message 226n, 340 Hwætberht, abbot of Jarrow 310 Hygelac, king of the Geats 270 hypermetric verse, see poetry Icelandic saga 245, 249n; see also Old Norse literature Ine, king of Wessex, see lawcodes inflections xviii; levelling of xx xxi Ipswich 251 Ireland 221 Jarrow 69, 167; see also Wearmouth-Jarrow Jerome 181 Jewish history 74n, 110, 117, 340; see also Christianity, history John the Old Saxon 36n Jove (Jupiter) 207n, 208n Judgement Day 103, 138, 139n, 167, 228n, 294 Judith 104, Judith Julius Caesar 61, 69 Junius manuscript 76, 130, 138 Jutes 71, 73n;inBeowulf 273, 275n kennings xvi, xxiv Kent 1, 43 kingship 44, 45, 46, 73n kinship 52, 56n, 259n Kudrun 321n lament 322, 339 Latin alphabet xxix, 12, 27n Latin language 1, 22 3; translation from 2, 31, 34n,36n, 69 70, 72n, 107, , 122, 233; see also glossing Latin learning 1 2, 30, 43

5 530 Latin literature 86, 232, 322; aenigmata (riddles) 310 lawcodes 45 60; of Alfred 52 7, 246; of Æthelred 46, 57 60; of Æthelberht 1, 43, 47 52; of Ine 52; of Offa 52; Germanic 45, 47, 55n, 92, 248n, 249n learning, revival of, see Alfred Leofric, bishop of Exeter 222 [The] Letter of Alexander xx, 232, levelling, see inflections Liber Eliensis (Book of Ely) 92, 251 Lincoln 67n Lindisfarne 219n literacy 1, 43 litotes, see understatement Lord s Prayer 18, 21n loyalty 45, 52, 56n, 232, 252, 286, 299n Lucifer 130 1; see also Satan lyrical voice 317, 335, 339 magic 18, 21n Maldon, Essex 65n, 251; see also Battle of Maldon manuscripts xxix; see also Bible riddle Martin of Braga 203 martyrologies 166, 170 [OE] Martyrology 166, 171, 178; see also Eugenia martyrs, see saints Marvels (or Wonders) of the East 239 Mary Magdalene 184n maxims 293, 302 Maxims I 229n, 293, 317 Maxims II 293, 294, medical recipes, see Bald s Leechbook medicine, Graeco-Roman 17 Mercia 2, 30, 52, 70, 86; see also dialects Mercury 203, 207n metre, see poetry metrical prose, see prose Middle English xv, xx xxi, 62 migrations 270 miles Christi (soldier of Christ) 165 Milton, John 131 missionaries 130; see also Augustine modal verbs 384 monasteries 1, 116; divine office (services) 5, 8n,9n, 22, 116; see also schools monastic reform 1 monks 5, 116; novices 1, 22 Moses 103, 138 Mount Badon, siege of 76n mutation, see vowels nationalism, English 44, 61, 86 New Minster, Winchester 11, 93n Nimrod 205n Nithhad 319n Noah 103, 106 9, 205n Norman Conquest xxi, 1, 61, 67n Normandy 62, 67n, 209, 215n Norsemen 86; see also Vikings Northumbria 30, 32n, 69, 266n Nowell codex 270 numerals, Roman: use of 48n nuns 55n,93n Offa, king of Mercia 246; see also lawcodes office: see church; monasteries Olaf 86, 89n Old Minster, Winchester 4, 93n Old Norse language 251 Old Norse literature 86, 303, 304n, 307n, 343n Old Saxon 73n, 130, 131 oral tradition xxiv, 17, 43, 46, 92, 194n, 204, 210, 231, 245, 271, 293 Ordlaf, ealdorman 96 7 Orosius 239 orthography, OE xxix xxx, 167 8, 192, 246, 259n, 311, 318; see also spelling Oswald, archbishop of York and bishop of Worcester 64n Oswald, St, king of Northumbria, 170; Life of 251 O inn (Odin): see Woden paganism 203 4, 217n, 228n, 252, 257n, 270, 343n; see also Wulfstan, De falsis deis

6 531 palatalisation xxxiii Pante, River, Essex 252 Parker Chronicle, see Anglo-Saxon Chronicle passio (a passion), see saints lives Passover 111n penitentials 218n Pentateuch, see Bible Peter, St 125n Peterborough 61, 62, 64n, 203; see also Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Pharaoh 138 Picts 71, 89n Pilate 111n, 183n pilgrimage Plegmund 36n poetry, OE xxii; caesura xxii; prosopopoeia 193, 310; metrical system xxii xxiv; stress xxii xxiv; alliteration xxii xxiii; rhyme 322; parallelism 204; variation xxiv xxv, 193, 204; hypermetric verse xxiii, 193; anacrusis, xxiv; see also oral tradition priests 1, 25n, 125n; mass-priests 124n Priscian 22 prognostication 2, pronunciation of OE xxx xxxiv prose 165; of Ælfric 182; of Wulfstan 182, 204, 210; of Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, 245; metrical prose 172; alliteration 204, 210 prosopopoeia see poetry protection (legal) 45 proverbs 293, 302; see also Durham Proverbs Proverbs of Hendyng 302, 305n, 308n providence 37 8, 39n psalms 8n, 77; see also Alfred the Great psalters 22, 116 punctuation of OE xix, xxii Ramsey Abbey 251 Red Sea, crossing of 138 Reformation 46, 122, 147, 166, 192 Resignation (The Exile s Prayer) 222 resurrection 110 rhyme, see poetry [The] Rhyming Poem xxiv riddles 293 [OE] Riddles 193, 293, , 335 Rochester 47, 64n Roman Britain 71, 93n, 294, 297n, 322, 323n Roman Empire 72n, 111n, 170 romance 232 Romans 43, 173n Romsey Abbey 92, 94n [The] Ruin 294, Rule of St Benedict 5, 6n,9n,10n, 22, 64n, 103, 214n runes xxix, 43, 192, 325n Ruthwell Cross 192 saints 170 1; martyrs 170, 178; confessors 170 saints lives 165 6, 170; vita 170; passio 170, 178 Samson 182, 190n sanctuary 58 Satan 103, 130 7, 202n; the name 130, 132n Saxons 73n Saxony 130, 131 schools 1, 4 5, 22, 302 scop 231, 273, 317 Scots 86, 89n Scyldings 274n [The] Seafarer 166, , 339 sermons 165, 209; see also Ælfric, Wulfstan Sexburh, queen 176n Shakespeare, Pericles Prince of Tyre 233 Sievers, Eduard xxiii Sigebyrht, king of Wessex 245, 246, 247n Sigemund 282n slavery 8n, 46, 49n, 213n Smaragdus 181 sound-change xx, 361, 387, 388; see also vowels spelling of OE, variation in xix, xx xxi; see also orthography Stephen, king 61

7 532 Strathclyde 86, 88n stress in OE xxi, xxxiii stress, metrical, see poetry Sutton Hoo 277n Svein Forkbeard 62, 67n, 209 Swithun, St 170 Symphosius 310, 311 syncopation see contraction Tatwine, archbishop of Canterbury 310 Textus Roffensis 47 thegns 64n, 261n Theodoric, king of the Ostrogoths 37, 320n Thor 207n Tondberht, ealdorman 171 translation, method of 36n; see also Latin, Bible treasure 299n; see also gift-giving Trinity 12, 126n, 148, 153n, 191n, 198n, 208n typology 122, 190n, 271, 340 ubi sunt topos 327 understatement (litotes) xxiv, 198n, 210, 329n variation, spelling, see spelling variation, stylistic, see poetry Venantius Fortunatus 233 Vercelli Book 192 Vercelli Homilies 181, 228n vernacular, use of 1 2, 43 4, 122 verse, see poetry Vikings 30, 44, 116, 147, 209, 219n; see also Danes, Norsemen Virgin Mary 12, 200n virginity 172, 178 Visio Pauli 280 vita (a life), see saints lives Vortigern 72n,75n vowels xxx, xxxii; mutation of 369, 370, 387, 389 Vulgate 104, 107, 110, 117, 122 Wærferth, bishop of Worcester 30 [The] Wanderer 221, 222, 294, 317, 322, Wearmouth-Jarrow 32n, 69, 173n Weland the Smith 318, 319n wergeld 45, 54n, 216n Wessex 2, 30, 37, 71, 86, 245; see also dialects Whitby 43, 76 Widsith 231, 239, 273 [The] Wife s Lament xxiv, 294, 322, 335, Wilfrid, bishop 172, 174n wills 44, 92; see also Ælfgifu Wiltshire 96 Winchester 2, 17, 87, 92, 246; see also Æthelwold wisdom literature 293 4, 332n witchcraft 218n Woden 73n, 203, 207n, 246, 320n women, as exiles 294 Wonders of the East, see Marvels of the East Worcester 32n, 203, 204 wordhoard xxiv word-order xxi writing of OE: see orthography Wulf and Eadwacer 294, Wulfstan, archbishop of York 57, 91n, 203, 209, 233; Canons of Edgar 203; De falsis deis ( On False Gods ) 165, 203 8; Institutes of Polity 203; Sermo Lupi ( Sermon of the Wolf ) 165, Wyclif 110 York 67n, 203, 210 York Minster 305n