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Works & Authors Cited

Comprehensive list of sources and abbreviations used in this dictionary

About Our Sources

This Old English (Anglo-Saxon) dictionary references a variety of texts and scholarly materials related to Old English language and literature.

When available, abbreviations are used to indicate sources or editorial notes. The list below consolidates all abbreviations extracted from the entries.

A

An.: Andreas (OE poem)
Andr.: Andreas (OE poem)

B

Bd.: Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica (OE translation)
Beo.: Beowulf
Bl.: Blickling Homilies
Bt.: Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiæ (OE translation by Alfred)

C

C.: Corpus Christi College MS
Cd.: Codex Diplomaticus Saxonici (Kemble)
Chr.: Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Cot.: Cottonian Manuscripts
Cri.: Christ (OE poem by Cynewulf)

E

El.: Elene (OE poem by Cynewulf)
Erl.: Earle, J. (editor)
Exon.: Exeter Book

F

Fox: Fox, Samuel (Modern English translator of Boethius)

G

Gen.: Genesis (OE poem)
Ger.: German
Glos.: Glossary
Goth.: Gothic
Gr.: Ælfric's Grammar
Gú.: Guthlac (OE poem)

H

Hml.: Homilies (Ælfric or other)

I

Icel.: Icelandic

J

Jn.: Gospel of St. John (OE translation)
Jul.: Juliana (OE poem by Cynewulf)

L

L.: Latin
Lat.: Latin
Lk.: Gospel of St. Luke (OE translation)
Ll.: Laws of the Anglo-Saxons
Lye.: Lye's Dictionarium Saxonico-Latino-Anglicum

M

Met.: Metres of Boethius (OE poem)
Mk.: Gospel of St. Mark (OE translation)
Mt.: Gospel of St. Matthew (OE translation)

O

O. Frs.: Old Frisian
O. H. Ger.: Old High German
O. Nrs.: Old Norse
O. Sax.: Old Saxon
O.H.Ger.: Old High German
O.Sax.: Old Saxon
Orm.: Ormulum (ME text by Orm)
Ors.: Orosius, Historiarum (OE translation by Alfred)

P

Past.: Alfred's Pastoral Care (Gregory's Cura Pastoralis)
Ps.: Psalms (OE)

R

R.: Riddles (Exeter Book)
Rood.: Dream of the Rood (OE poem)

S

S.: Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
Sal.: Psalms of Solomon (OE)
Shrn.: Shrine (collection of OE texts)
Som.: Somner's Dictionarium Saxonico-Latino-Anglicum
Swt.: Sweet's Anglo-Saxon Reader

T

Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)

V

Voc.: Vocabulary

W

Wlfst.: Wulfstan
Wrt.: Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies

Æ

Ælfc.: Ælfric