Fontes Anglo-Saxonici

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quote

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44.27-8

gladium vagina raptum et a capulo de filo tenui

Alfred

Boethius, The Consolation of Philosophy

single immediate source

possible

be smale þræde

65.3

Sedgefield 1899

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Bibliography:: Wittig 1983, 183-4; Otten 1964, 127

Contributor:: N.G. Discenza

Created:: 2001-02-06

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Contributor:	N.G. Discenza
Text:	Alfred: Boethius, The Consolation of Philosophy
Edition:	Sedgefield 1899
Reference:	C.B.9.3
Created:	2001-02-06
Project Name:	Fontes Anglo-Saxonici: World Wide Web Register
Website:	https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/fontes/
Date Accessed:	2025-07-11

113.22-114.24

eadem ratio nos … cum nobis occidet

Anon (OE)

The Order of the World

M3o

multiple source (one of two or more immediate sources cited for the passage)

possible

heofontorht swegl … ofer brim hweorfeð

73b-81

Krapp and Dobbie 1936, 163-66

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Comment:: Cross argues that the poet here alludes to the possible existence of antipodeans, a notion condemned by Augustine, Isidore and Bede. The idea is advanced, among others, by Martianus Capella.
Bibliography:: Cross 1972b, 78-81

Contributor:: D.C. Anlezark

Created:: 2001-05-03

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D.C. Anlezark, Anon (OE): The Order of the World, Krapp and Dobbie 1936, 2001-05-03, Fontes Anglo-Saxonici: World Wide Web Register, https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/fontes/, accessed 2025-07-11

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Contributor:	D.C. Anlezark
Text:	Anon (OE): The Order of the World
Edition:	Krapp and Dobbie 1936, 163-66
Reference:	C.A.3.14
Created:	2001-05-03
Project Name:	Fontes Anglo-Saxonici: World Wide Web Register
Website:	https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/fontes/
Date Accessed:	2025-07-11

124.9-16

omnis terra in qua oceanus … diuidi non posset in partes

Anon (OE)

Vercelli homily 9

M3ao

multiple source (one of two or more immediate sources cited for the passage)

possible

and

eall þes middaneard … hit ne sy mid garsecge oferurnen

146-150

Scragg 1992

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Bibliography:: Wright 1993, 181-7

Contributor:: M. Atherton

Created:: 1996-08-07

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M. Atherton, Anon (OE): Vercelli homily 9, Scragg 1992, 1996-08-07, Fontes Anglo-Saxonici: World Wide Web Register, https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/fontes/, accessed 2025-07-11

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Contributor:	M. Atherton
Text:	Anon (OE): Vercelli homily 9
Edition:	Scragg 1992
Reference:	C.B.3.2.4
Created:	1996-08-07
Project Name:	Fontes Anglo-Saxonici: World Wide Web Register
Website:	https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/fontes/
Date Accessed:	2025-07-11