We meet every Tuesday 5:00 pm – 7:10 pm in B121.

WEEK 5 Vitae

ave. 5 sentences/hr.

T 1 Oct.

• B, Life of St. Æthelthryth. PDF of Skeat's edition.
• Hand in a copy of your translation of first two lines. Assignment sheet here.
• B, Adjectives, Chapter 8.

For extra help:

• kA, chs. 6, 7, and 8 due. OEA § 8.

Second Half:

• Wx, "Soul and Body I."
• Bede, Hymn to St. Æthelthryth in Latin.

 

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Useful Background Reading:

CIASL, ch. 3 on varieties of narrative, esp. pp. 116–130; review CIASL, pp. 62 ff. on Ælfric; and NCH, relevant sections on Ælfric in ch. 3.

Harris: Encyclopedia entry on Ælfric, and article on Ælfric's sermons. Also, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: Ælfric and Æthelthryth.