I finally got back to revising and checking over the Exeter Book Riddles pages, starting at #19 and reaching #31, especially interested in reconciling the ASPR-based text on the Sacred Texts website used to generate the first draft of the translation (convenient for travel and generally as accurate as could be hoped) with the Bernard Muir … Continue reading Riddle Revisions to #31…
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Riddle Revisions, cont’d
Managed to claw my way through revising several more riddles. I did 13 through 18. Changes made throughout. In #13 “Ten Chickens” I decided to go with Bernard Muir’s revision of “side þy sarra” for ASPR’s “siþe ne sarra,” which changes the meaning quite a bit. So I used “their sides not more tender” rather … Continue reading Riddle Revisions, cont’d…
Riddle revisions ongoing
Today, I checked over the first big riddle in the Exeter Book collection and made numerous changes, some of them errors, most just where I thought I could sound better. Then I corrected and checked over #8 through #12, but very little was changed there. I am growing more convinced that the “first three” riddles … Continue reading Riddle revisions ongoing…
Revsions to Juliana finished; more to come
I recently went through the entirety of Juliana in my translation group and many many changes and fixed many errors and unsightly readings. It is vastly improved, I think, a better translation and more accurate. I am starting the immense process of checking every line of verse on this site, word by word, comparing each … Continue reading Revsions to Juliana finished; more to come…
Many Charms added
Hello! I’ve been hard at work at the Metrical Charms, and have posted the next three in the sequence: “For the Water-Elf Disease,” “For a Swarm of Bees,” and “For Loss of Cattle 2.” They can be found on the appropriate page, right in tidy order. These are pretty challenging, because there seems to be some obscure … Continue reading Many Charms added…
Metrical Charms VI added!
Hello, I just added the remarkably sad charm “For a Delayed Birth” to the Charms page. Moving forward with everything, the charms are weird and seem very late, but they’re not too difficult to get through.