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Title: Elene; Judith; Athelstan, or the Fight at Brunanburh; Byrhtnoth, or the Fight at Maldon; and the Dream of the Rood
Anglo-Saxon Poems

Author: Anonymous

Translator: James M. Garnett

Release Date: May 23, 2005 [EBook #15879]

Language: English

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ELENE;

JUDITH;

ATHELSTAN, OR THE FIGHT AT BRUNANBURH;

BYRHTNOTH, OR THE FIGHT AT MALDON;

AND

THE DREAM OF THE ROOD:

Anglo-Saxon Poems.

TRANSLATED BY

JAMES M. GARNETT, M.A., LL.D.,

FORMERLY PROFESSOR OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE IN THE
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA; TRANSLATOR OF "BEOWULF."

_THIRD EDITION._

BOSTON, U.S.A.:
GINN & COMPANY, PUBLISHERS.
The Athenaeum Press.
1911.

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1889, by
JAMES M. GARNETT,
In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

COPYRIGHT, 1900, BY
JAMES M. GARNETT.

COPYRIGHT, 1911, BY
JAMES M. GARNETT.

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

TO PROFESSOR FRANCIS A. MARCH

CORYPHAEUS OF OLD ENGLISH STUDIES IN AMERICA

WITH SENTIMENTS OF THE HIGHEST REGARD

CONTENTS.

PAGE

PREFACE vii

INTRODUCTION ix

* * * * *

ELENE.

I. Constantine sees the vision of the rood 1

II. Constantine is victorious, the sign is explained, and he is
baptized 4

III. Helena sets out on her journey in search of the cross, and
arrives at Jerusalem 7

IV. Helena summons an assembly of the Jews learned in the law,
and addresses them