The Old English Rune Poem: A Critical Edition

3rd sg pres alliteration alphabet Anglo-Saxon appears beginning Beowulf Book Brussels Campbell century Christian cited common context Cotton Derolez described Dickins discussion earlier early earth edition Elliott English Rune Poem evidence example Exeter explanatory note feoh final folio futhark futhorc Germanic Germanic futhark gives Gothic Hickes human important initial inscriptions insular interesting interpretation introduction Isruna kind king late later Latin letters lists ma-stem noun manuscript meaning Nerthus nom sg normal Norse Norwegian Old English Rune original perhaps phrase plate poet poetry possible present probably reference represented rune name Runennamen runic secg sequence sg pres ind shows significant sound spelling stanza stone stress suggested symbols term tion traditional translation transliteration tree various verb verse vowel West Saxon