During the Old English period writers produced a variety of poems in many different genres, such as secular heroic poems, Old Testament narrative poems, poems about Christian saints, and elegiac poems.
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Modern English translation by Robert K. Root. Includes introduction and notes. Project Gutenberg e-book.
Modern English translation by Charles W. Kennedy.
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Includes background information, Old English text, and modern English translations. Clicking on any line of the Old English text gives a literal translation of the line and a definition of each word in the line.
Modern English translation by Richard Hamer. Includes background information.
A glossed text. Hover over any word and click it to see a modern English definition and a notation of grammatical form.
Old English text and facing modern English translation by Benjamin Slade. Includes introduction and notes.
Modern English translation by Kayse Schmucker. Includes introduction.
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Text of the Old English verse inscription on the Brussels Cross with a modern English translation and background information.
Modern English translation by Charles W. Kennedy.
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Modern English translation by Aaron Hostetter.
A glossed text. Hover over any word and click it to see a modern English definition and a notation of grammatical form.
Old English text and modern English translation by Eleanor Parker. Includes a discussion of J.R.R. Tolkien's reactions to the poem. Also includes a sound recording of part of the "O Oriens" Latin liturgical antiphon on which the poem is based.
Old English text with modern English translation by S.A.J. Bradley
Old English text with facing modern English translation and notes. From the Early-Medieval-England.net site.
Old English text and facing modern English translation by Benjamin Slade. Includes introduction and notes.
Modern English translation by Stith Thompson and Cosette Faust.
Includes the texts of the Old English verse inscriptions on the casket (mostly in runes) and translations into modern English. By Alfred Becker.
Charles W. Kennedy's modern English translation of the Guthlac A and Guthlac B poems.
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A glossed text. Hover over any word and click it to see a modern English definition and a notation of grammatical form.
Modern English translation by Kevin Crossley-Holland.
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Old English text and modern English translation by T.A. Shippey.
Old English text and modern English translation by J.R. Lumby.
Modern English translation by Derek Olsen. Includes introduction.
Metrical and prose translations of the 31 Meters by Walter Sedgefield. Click on the [P] symbols to switch from the metrical translation to the prose translation, and click on the [M] symbols to switch from the prose translation to the metrical translation.
A modern English translation of the 31 Meters by Aaron Hostetter.
Albert S. Cook's edition of the three poems that make up the Old English Physiologus. Includes introduction, parallel modern English verse translations by James H. Pittman, prose translations by Cook, and brief footnotes. Project Gutenberg eBook.
Old English text and modern English translation by S.A.J. Bradley.
Modern English translation by Charles W. Kennedy.
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Old English text with facing modern English translation by Sian Echard.
An edition of the Old English, Old Norwegian, and Old Icelandic rune poems together with three Old English heroic poems and one Old High German heroic poem. Provides for each poem the text, modern English translation, and notes. Includes introductions and bibliographies.
Old English text with modern English translation. Includes pictures of the runes.
Modern English translation of the Old English poem inscribed in runic characters on the Ruthwell Cross.
Old English text and modern English translation by T.A. Shippey.
A glossed text. Hover over any word and click it to see a modern English definition and a notation of grammatical form.
Old English text and facing-page translation by Benjamin Slade. Includes introduction and explanatory notes.
Contains the manuscript text, edited text, and modern English translation of the poem in three parallel columns, together with a sound recording. The site also contains other Old English texts.
Modern English translation by Henry Morley. Includes link to the Francis B. Gummere translation, which has an introduction and notes.
A glossed text. Hover over any word and click it to see a modern English definition and a notation of grammatical form.
Includes the Old English text, a running glossary, notes, modern English translations, contextual information, images, reading list, and links to relevant resources.
Modern English translation by Roy Liuzza.
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Modern English translation by Roy Liuzza.
A glossed text. Hover over any word and click it to see a modern English definition and a notation of grammatical form.
Old English text with facing modern English translation and notes. From the Early-Medieval-England.net site.
Modern English translation by Roy Liuzza.
An edition of the Old English, Old Norwegian, and Old Icelandic rune poems together with three Old English heroic poems and one Old High German heroic poem. Provides for each poem the text, modern English translation, and notes. Includes introductions and bibliographies.
Metrical and prose translations of the 31 Meters by Walter Sedgefield. Click on the [P] symbols to switch from the metrical translation to the prose translation, and click on the [M] symbols to switch from the prose translation to the metrical translation.
A glossed text. Hover over any word and click it to see a modern English definition and a notation of grammatical form.
A glossed text. Hover over any word and click it to see a modern English definition and a notation of grammatical form.
A glossed text. Hover over any word and click it to see a modern English definition and a notation of grammatical form.
A glossed text. Hover over any word and click it to see a modern English definition and a notation of grammatical form.
A glossed text. Hover over any word and click it to see a modern English definition and a notation of grammatical form.
A glossed text. Hover over any word and click it to see a modern English definition and a notation of grammatical form.
Modern English translation by Kevin Crossley-Holland.
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Modern English translation by Charles W. Kennedy.
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Charles W. Kennedy's modern English translation of the Guthlac A and Guthlac B poems.
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Old English text and facing modern English translation by Benjamin Slade. Includes introduction and notes.
Contains the manuscript text, edited text, and modern English translation of the poem in three parallel columns, together with a sound recording. The site also contains other Old English texts.
Includes the Old English text, a running glossary, notes, modern English translations, contextual information, images, reading list, and links to relevant resources.
A modern English translation of the 31 Meters by Aaron Hostetter.
Includes the texts of the Old English verse inscriptions on the casket (mostly in runes) and translations into modern English. By Alfred Becker.
Modern English translation by Stith Thompson and Cosette Faust.
Includes background information, Old English text, and modern English translations. Clicking on any line of the Old English text gives a literal translation of the line and a definition of each word in the line.
Old English text with facing modern English translation by Sian Echard.
Modern English translation by Richard Hamer. Includes background information.
Text of the Old English verse inscription on the Brussels Cross with a modern English translation and background information.
Modern English translation by Derek Olsen. Includes introduction.
Albert S. Cook's edition of the three poems that make up the Old English Physiologus. Includes introduction, parallel modern English verse translations by James H. Pittman, prose translations by Cook, and brief footnotes. Project Gutenberg eBook.
Old English text and modern English translation by Eleanor Parker. Includes a discussion of J.R.R. Tolkien's reactions to the poem. Also includes a sound recording of part of the "O Oriens" Latin liturgical antiphon on which the poem is based.
Modern English translation of the Old English poem inscribed in runic characters on the Ruthwell Cross.
Modern English translation by Kayse Schmucker. Includes introduction.
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Modern English translation by Roy Liuzza.
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Old English text and modern English translation by S.A.J. Bradley.
Modern English translation by Charles W. Kennedy.
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Old English text with modern English translation. Includes pictures of the runes.
Old English text and facing modern English translation by Benjamin Slade. Includes introduction and notes.
Old English text and facing-page translation by Benjamin Slade. Includes introduction and explanatory notes.
Modern English translation by Aaron Hostetter.
Old English text with modern English translation by S.A.J. Bradley
Modern English translation by Henry Morley. Includes link to the Francis B. Gummere translation, which has an introduction and notes.
Old English text and modern English translation by T.A. Shippey.
Old English text and modern English translation by J.R. Lumby.
Old English text and modern English translation by T.A. Shippey.
Modern English translation by Robert K. Root. Includes introduction and notes. Project Gutenberg e-book.
Modern English translation by Charles W. Kennedy.
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