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The elements of Anglo-Saxon wisdom poetry in the Exeter Book riddles.(Critical Essay)
Magazine article from: Studia Anglica Posnaniensia: international review of English Studies; 8/6/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...group of riddles contained in the Exeter Book. Although the riddle form in general...didactic functions, several of the Exeter riddles appear to be especially interested...1) "Maxims I (A)", The Exeter Book, 10th/11th c...
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The Exeter Book: A Bibliography.
Magazine article from: Medium Aevum; 3/22/1993; 505 words
; ...Muir, Exeter Medieval English Texts and Studies (Exeter University of Exeter Press, 1992). xiii + 133 pp. ISBN 0-85989...bibliography of the vast body of scholarship done on the Exeter Book (with just two exceptions: it contains only a selection...
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The mother's lament: 'Wulf and Eadwacer' reconsidered. (Exeter Book poem)
Magazine article from: Medium Aevum; 3/22/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...naefre gesomnad waes, uncer giedd geador.(1) The Exeter Book poem usually referred to as Wulf and Eadwacer has proved...although intensity of passion may be hinted at in the Exeter Maxims' admonishment to wives to refrain from adulterous...
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Exeter Book Riddle 17 and the L-rune: British *lester "vessel, oat-straw hive"?
Magazine article from: ANQ; 3/22/2006; ; 700+ words
; In a recent note in these pages, Marijane Osborn sought to confirm the solution to Riddle 17 of The Exeter Book as a beehive or, more precisely, a skep made of straw. The present contribution broadens the frame of reference beyond the Anglo...
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The bachelor-warrior of Exeter Book Riddle 20.(Critical Essay)
Magazine article from: Philological Quarterly; 9/22/2000; ; 700+ words
; The Exeter Book riddles occupy a unique place in Old English literary history. Whereas the subject matter of most of the extant verse derives...
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Old English 'hring' in Riddles 48 and 59. (Exeter Book)
Magazine article from: Medium Aevum; 3/22/1993; ; 700+ words
; Two of the Old English riddles in the Exeter Book (numbers 48 and 59), describe the object to be idendfied as a hring.(1) Various solutions have been put forward for these...
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Watson on song as Exeter book cup final place ; Elmore gave as good as they got for the opening third of their Devon Bowl semi-final against Exeter City last night before succumbing to three goals in each half to lose 6-0.
Newspaper article from: Express & Echo (Exeter UK); 4/29/2009; 439 words
; ...for the opening third of their Devon Bowl semi-final against Exeter City last night before succumbing to three goals in each half...there tonight, that the future of City looks mighty bright." Exeter will go on to meet Tiverton Town in the final next Tuesday.
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Daniel strikes gold in reading scheme ; A gold badge has been awarded to Daniel Wilcock, of Pennsylvania, Exeter, for reading 100 books.
Newspaper article from: Express & Echo (Exeter UK); 10/2/2008; 289 words
; ...Daniel Wilcock, of Pennsylvania, Exeter, for reading 100 books. The seven-year-old completed...children reach the target of 100 books they are awarded the gold badge...loves reading. His favourite books are anything history-oriented...
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Exeter native's Beatles book plugs gaps in life story of No. 1 rock band: Exeter native's Beatles book plugs gaps in life story of No. 1 rock band.
Newspaper article from: Reading Eagle (Reading, PA); 10/17/2006; 700+ words
; ...Beatles," a 983-page book that many critics considered...graduate who grew up in Exeter Township and Reading...Close to 1,000 books had already been written...which is typical of book signings by Spitz...record straight. The book has sold about 500...musician, has read several books ...
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Exeter City youngsters book places in nationals
Newspaper article from: Express & Echo (Exeter UK); 6/29/2007; 700+ words
; ...Mary swimmer Hannah Schulz led the way as Exeter City Swimming Club claimed a clutch of...class Ponds Forge pool in Sheffield. The Exeter City girls' 13-and-under 4x200m freestyle...University often dominating. But the Exeter City Swimming Club, which has just 120...
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Exeter Book, the
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature
Exeter Book, the, one of the most important manuscripts...given by Bishop Leofric (d. 1072) to Exeter Cathedral, where it still remains. It...are grouped together as ‘The Exeter Book Elegies’, as well as a...
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Exeter Book
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Exeter Book manuscript volume of Old English religious and secular poetry, of various dates of composition, compiled c.975 and given to Exeter Cathedral by Bishop Leofric (d. 1072). Bibliography: See edition by...
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Exeter Book, The
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
Exeter Book, The a major manuscript of Old English poetry, containing some of the most famous shorter poems, such as The Wanderer and The Seafarer ; it dates from c. 940, and was given by Bishop Leofric (d. 1072) to Exeter Cathedral, where it remains.
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Exeter
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...paper, and farm implements as Exeter's chief products. The fort town...Because of its strategic location, Exeter was besieged by the Danes in the...the cathedral library is the famous Exeter Book . Ruins still remain of the Roman...
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Exeter, diocese of
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
Exeter, diocese of. The see, now conterminous...bishop of Crediton , moved his seat to Exeter in 1050, thus becoming one of the first...which the psalter was incorporated in the Book of Common Prayer. The cathedral, originally...
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