Book, Whole^Bekker-Nielson, Hans//Foote, Peter//Olsen, Olaf^ed.^Proceedings of the Eighth Viking Conference^^^^^Odense^Odense University Press^1981^^^294^^^^Medieval Scandinavia Supplements 2^^Strand^^^^Done, Saints’ Lives, Background@
Journal, Article^Coleman, Julie^Sexual Euphemism in Old English^^^Neuphilologische Mitteilungen^^1992^93^^93-98^^^^At Home^^^A good introduction to a fascinating subject^^Checked, Ælfric, Louise@
Book, Whole^Hollander, Lee M.^^The Poetic Edda. Translated with an Introduction and Explanatory Notes^^Revsd 2nd^^^Austin, Texas^University of Texas Press^1962, 1990^^^xxix + 343^^^^^^At Home^Possible comparison of Volundarkviða on p. 162 with bast rope in Samson.^A rather contrived and idiosyncratic translation full of false archaisms and awkward attempts to recreate the Old Icelandic alliterative verse form in modernish English. Hollander uses words like ’etin‹ for giant; ’mickle‹ for large; and ’weeds‹ for clothing. So much so, in fact, that he has to include a glossary of his own words at the back. For all that though, it‹s still a useful work, with helpful footnotes^^Done, Judges@
Book, Whole^Irvine, Susan E.^ed.^Old English Homilies from MS Bodley 343^^^^^London^Oxford University Press^1993^^os 302^lxxviii + 242^^^^Early English Text Society^^At Home^^Completes and extends the work begun by Belfour in 1909. An invaluable work, presented very much in the style of Pope‹s excellent 1966 edition of Ælfric‹s homilies. Nonetheless, Belfour‹s edition is still useful for its facing modern translation of the Old English^^Checked, Ælfric, Primary@
G^Lee, Stuart D.^An Edition of Ælfric‹s Homilies on Judith, Esther, and the Maccabees^Roberts, Jane^^King‹s College London^1992^^^^^^At Home^^In two perfectly formed volumes^^Esther, Judith, Maccabees, Ælfric@
Book, Chapter^Light, Laura^French Bibles {citalic on}c{citalic off}. 1200-30: A New Look at the Origin of the Paris Bible^^In^Gameson, Richard^ed.^The Early Medieval Bible: Its Production, Decoration, and Use^^Cambridge^Cambridge University Press^1994^^^155-176^^^Senate House^^^^Done, Bible@
Journal, Article^Magennis, Hugh^’No Sex Please We’re Anglo-Saxons‹? Attitudes to Sexuality in Old English Prose and Poetry^^^Leeds Studies in English^^1995^26^^1-27^^^^At Home^^^Almost lives up to its inventive title!^^Checked, Ælfric, Articles2@
Book, Whole^Mitchell, Bruce^^An Invitation to Old English and Anglo-Saxon England^^^^^Oxford^Blackwell^1995^^^xix + 424^^^^^^At Home^^A very readable introductory guide to Anglo-Saxon literature, language, and archaeology^^Done, General@
Journal, Article^Woolf, Rosemary^The Lost Opening to the ’Judith‹^^^Modern Language Review^^1955^50^^168-172^^^^At Home^^^It‹s everything that an article should be: closely argued, original, and only five pages long!^^Checked, Judith, Judy2@
Book, Whole^Zoëga, Geir T.^^A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic^^Repr. 1990^^^Oxford^Clarendon Press^1910^^^vii + 551^^^^^^At Home^^Every home should have a copy?^^Done, Icelandic, Reference@
