The Phoenix
by Norman F. Blake (Editor)
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The edition of this poem from the Exeter Book includes appendices of the two Latin sources of the poem and the prose versions of the phoenix story in Old English and Old Icelandic, and a glossary.Tags
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N. F. Blake was Chair of English Language at the University of Sheffield until his retirement in 1999. He is currently a Research Professor at De Montfort University, Leicester.
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- Original publication date
- 1964
- First words
- PREFACE
Because of high printing costs, modern editions of Old English texts can be as comprehensive as their editors would wish.
f.55b Hæbbe ic gefrungen þætte is feor heonan
ēastdǣlum on æþelast londa
fīrum gefrǣge.
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- Old English, English
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