Fontes Anglo-Saxonici

Contributor:: Michael W. Twomey

Created:: 1989-12-31

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Contributor:	Michael W. Twomey
Text:	Anon (OE): Distichs of Cato
Edition:	Cox 1972
Reference:	C.B.7.1
Created:	1989-12-31
Project Name:	Fontes Anglo-Saxonici: World Wide Web Register
Website:	https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/fontes/
Date Accessed:	2024-09-10

SA1

single antecedent source

certain

plus vigilia semper … multi multa locuntur

1.2-1.13

Anonymous

5-6, apothegms 1-6

ne beo þu to slæpor … þær bið lytel alogen

Contributor:: Michael W. Twomey

Created:: 1989-12-31

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Contributor:	Michael W. Twomey
Text:	Anon (OE): Distichs of Cato
Edition:	Cox 1972
Reference:	C.B.7.1
Created:	1989-12-31
Project Name:	Fontes Anglo-Saxonici: World Wide Web Register
Website:	https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/fontes/
Date Accessed:	2024-09-10

SA1

single antecedent source

certain

officium alterius … sileto

1.15

Anonymous

6, apothegm 8

sprec ofre embe … manegum monnum

Contributor:: Michael W. Twomey

Created:: 1989-12-31

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Contributor:	Michael W. Twomey
Text:	Anon (OE): Distichs of Cato
Edition:	Cox 1972
Reference:	C.B.7.1
Created:	1989-12-31
Project Name:	Fontes Anglo-Saxonici: World Wide Web Register
Website:	https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/fontes/
Date Accessed:	2024-09-10

SA1

single antecedent source

certain

multorum cum facta senex … quae feceris ipse

1.16

Anonymous

6, apothegm 9

ðonne þu eald sie … to witanne

Contributor:: Michael W. Twomey

Created:: 1989-12-31

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Contributor:	Michael W. Twomey
Text:	Anon (OE): Distichs of Cato
Edition:	Cox 1972
Reference:	C.B.7.1
Created:	1989-12-31
Project Name:	Fontes Anglo-Saxonici: World Wide Web Register
Website:	https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/fontes/
Date Accessed:	2024-09-10

SA2

single antecedent source

probable

recommemoras renarras … gesserunt narrare

53.10-11

Remigius of Auxerre

6, apothegm 9

ðonne þu eald sie … to witanne

Contributor:: Michael W. Twomey

Created:: 1989-12-31

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Contributor:	Michael W. Twomey
Text:	Anon (OE): Distichs of Cato
Edition:	Cox 1972
Reference:	C.B.7.1
Created:	1989-12-31
Project Name:	Fontes Anglo-Saxonici: World Wide Web Register
Website:	https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/fontes/
Date Accessed:	2024-09-10

SA1

single antecedent source

certain

ne cures … ut parcere possis

1.17-1.37

Anonymous

6, apothegm 10 - 8, apothegm 22

þeah þe monn … gemetga þæt þeah

Contributor:: Michael W. Twomey

Created:: 1989-12-31

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Contributor:	Michael W. Twomey
Text:	Anon (OE): Distichs of Cato
Edition:	Cox 1972
Reference:	C.B.7.1
Created:	1989-12-31
Project Name:	Fontes Anglo-Saxonici: World Wide Web Register
Website:	https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/fontes/
Date Accessed:	2024-09-10

SA1

single antecedent source

certain

quem superare potes … semper patienta virtus

1.38

Anonymous

8, apothegm 23

forbær oft … bið middes eades

Manuscript:: London, British Library, Cotton Vespasian D. xiv (s. xii med.), ff.7r-11v
Comment:: Schleich 1880, 391, suggests that in London, BL, Cotton Vespasian D. xiv, ff.7r-11v, this apothegm is based directly on the Latin distich.
Bibliography:: Arngart 1956a, 16(E6); Cox 1972, 20(E6)

Contributor:: Michael W. Twomey

Created:: 1989-12-31

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Contributor:	Michael W. Twomey
Text:	Anon (OE): Distichs of Cato
Edition:	Cox 1972
Reference:	C.B.7.1
Created:	1989-12-31
Project Name:	Fontes Anglo-Saxonici: World Wide Web Register
Website:	https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/fontes/
Date Accessed:	2024-09-10

single analogue

Anonymous

8, apothegm 23

forbær oft … bið middes eades

Durham Proverbs

Arngart 1956

Manuscript:: London, British Library, Cotton Vespasian D. xiv (s. xii med.), ff.7r-11v
Comment:: Schleich 1880, 391, suggests that in London, BL, Cotton Vespasian D. xiv, ff.7r-11v, this apothegm is based directly on the Latin distich.
Bibliography:: Arngart 1956a, 16(E6); Cox 1972, 20(E6)

Contributor:: Michael W. Twomey

Created:: 1989-12-31

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Contributor:	Michael W. Twomey
Text:	Anon (OE): Distichs of Cato
Edition:	Cox 1972
Reference:	C.B.7.1
Created:	1989-12-31
Project Name:	Fontes Anglo-Saxonici: World Wide Web Register
Website:	https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/fontes/
Date Accessed:	2024-09-10

SA1

single antecedent source

certain

si potes ignotis … nec morte relinquit

2.1-2.25

Anonymous

8, apothegm 24 - 10, apothegm 39

help ægðer ge cuðum … forlæt næfre forweorðan

Contributor:: Michael W. Twomey

Created:: 1989-12-31

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Contributor:	Michael W. Twomey
Text:	Anon (OE): Distichs of Cato
Edition:	Cox 1972
Reference:	C.B.7.1
Created:	1989-12-31
Project Name:	Fontes Anglo-Saxonici: World Wide Web Register
Website:	https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/fontes/
Date Accessed:	2024-09-10

SA1

single antecedent source

certain

rem tibi … occasio calva

2.26

Anonymous

10, apothegm 40

ne ceos nænne monn … færlice calu

Contributor:: Michael W. Twomey

Created:: 1989-12-31

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Contributor:	Michael W. Twomey
Text:	Anon (OE): Distichs of Cato
Edition:	Cox 1972
Reference:	C.B.7.1
Created:	1989-12-31
Project Name:	Fontes Anglo-Saxonici: World Wide Web Register
Website:	https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/fontes/
Date Accessed:	2024-09-10

SA3

single antecedent source

possible

hoc proverbium … habere faciunt

135.31-136.5

Remigius of Auxerre

10, apothegm 40

ne ceos nænne monn … færlice calu

Contributor:: Michael W. Twomey

Created:: 1989-12-31

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Contributor:	Michael W. Twomey
Text:	Anon (OE): Distichs of Cato
Edition:	Cox 1972
Reference:	C.B.7.1
Created:	1989-12-31
Project Name:	Fontes Anglo-Saxonici: World Wide Web Register
Website:	https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/fontes/
Date Accessed:	2024-09-10

SA1

single antecedent source

certain

multorum disce exemplo … verbis exit iram

3.13-4.6

Anonymous

10, apothegm 41 - 11, apothegm 51

bisna þe be sumum menn … þeah he ðe cide

Contributor:: Michael W. Twomey

Created:: 1989-12-31

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Contributor:	Michael W. Twomey
Text:	Anon (OE): Distichs of Cato
Edition:	Cox 1972
Reference:	C.B.7.1
Created:	1989-12-31
Project Name:	Fontes Anglo-Saxonici: World Wide Web Register
Website:	https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/fontes/
Date Accessed:	2024-09-10

SA1

single antecedent source

certain

cum te detineat … ventris amica est

4.1

Anonymous

11 - 12, apothegm 52

gif ðe ðynce … unnyttan lustas

Contributor:: Michael W. Twomey

Created:: 1989-12-31

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Contributor:	Michael W. Twomey
Text:	Anon (OE): Distichs of Cato
Edition:	Cox 1972
Reference:	C.B.7.1
Created:	1989-12-31
Project Name:	Fontes Anglo-Saxonici: World Wide Web Register
Website:	https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/fontes/
Date Accessed:	2024-09-10

SA3

single antecedent source

possible

venter et genitalia … contumeliam excitantur

206.9-10

Remigius of Auxerre

11 - 12, apothegm 52

gif ðe ðynce … unnyttan lustas

Contributor:: Michael W. Twomey

Created:: 1989-12-31

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Contributor:	Michael W. Twomey
Text:	Anon (OE): Distichs of Cato
Edition:	Cox 1972
Reference:	C.B.7.1
Created:	1989-12-31
Project Name:	Fontes Anglo-Saxonici: World Wide Web Register
Website:	https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/fontes/
Date Accessed:	2024-09-10

SA1

single antecedent source

certain

cum tibi praeponas … levitatis crimine damnes

4.11-4.25

Anonymous

12, apothegm 53 - 13, apothegm 61

dysig mon … þe mon leasunga teo

Contributor:: Michael W. Twomey

Created:: 1989-12-31

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Contributor:	Michael W. Twomey
Text:	Anon (OE): Distichs of Cato
Edition:	Cox 1972
Reference:	C.B.7.1
Created:	1989-12-31
Project Name:	Fontes Anglo-Saxonici: World Wide Web Register
Website:	https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/fontes/
Date Accessed:	2024-09-10

SA1

single antecedent source

certain

demissos animo … latet altius unda

4.31

Anonymous

13, apothegm 62

ne truwa þu … wæter staðu breceð

Comment:: Cox's note to apothegm 62 incorrectly quotes Remigius's gloss on Disticha Catonis IV, 31.
Bibliography:: Cox 1972, 25(E6); Boas 1952, 235(E6)

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Created:: 1989-12-31

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Contributor:	Michael W. Twomey
Text:	Anon (OE): Distichs of Cato
Edition:	Cox 1972
Reference:	C.B.7.1
Created:	1989-12-31
Project Name:	Fontes Anglo-Saxonici: World Wide Web Register
Website:	https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/fontes/
Date Accessed:	2024-09-10

SA3

single antecedent source

possible

quietam aquam noli credere

235.16

Remigius of Auxerre

13, apothegm 62

ne truwa þu … wæter staðu breceð

Comment:: Cox's note to apothegm 62 incorrectly quotes Remigius's gloss on Disticha Catonis IV, 31.
Bibliography:: Cox 1972, 25(E6); Boas 1952, 235(E6)

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Created:: 1989-12-31

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Contributor:	Michael W. Twomey
Text:	Anon (OE): Distichs of Cato
Edition:	Cox 1972
Reference:	C.B.7.1
Created:	1989-12-31
Project Name:	Fontes Anglo-Saxonici: World Wide Web Register
Website:	https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/fontes/
Date Accessed:	2024-09-10

SA1

single antecedent source

certain

quod potes id tempta … aptissima mors est

4.33-4.43

Anonymous

13, apothegm 63 - 14, apothegm 76

ongin þæt … weg cwellende

Boethius's Consolatio Philosopiae (OE)

Contributor:: Michael W. Twomey

Created:: 1989-12-31

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Contributor:	Michael W. Twomey
Text:	Anon (OE): Distichs of Cato
Edition:	Cox 1972
Reference:	C.B.7.1
Created:	1989-12-31
Project Name:	Fontes Anglo-Saxonici: World Wide Web Register
Website:	https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/fontes/
Date Accessed:	2024-09-10

SA1

single antecedent source

certain

gif þu þe wilt … anes wyrsan

71.21-23

Alfred the Great

15, apothegm 77

gif þu wille don … ne wilne nanes monnes olæcunga

Sedgefield 1899

Boethius's Consolatio Philosopiae (OE)

Contributor:: Michael W. Twomey

Created:: 1989-12-31

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Contributor:	Michael W. Twomey
Text:	Anon (OE): Distichs of Cato
Edition:	Cox 1972
Reference:	C.B.7.1
Created:	1989-12-31
Project Name:	Fontes Anglo-Saxonici: World Wide Web Register
Website:	https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/fontes/
Date Accessed:	2024-09-10

SA3

single antecedent source

possible

gif þu þonne … riht to habbenne

30.7-10

Alfred the Great

15, apothegm 77

gif þu wille don … ne wilne nanes monnes olæcunga

Sedgefield 1899

Contributor:: Michael W. Twomey

Created:: 1989-12-31

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Contributor:	Michael W. Twomey
Text:	Anon (OE): Distichs of Cato
Edition:	Cox 1972
Reference:	C.B.7.1
Created:	1989-12-31
Project Name:	Fontes Anglo-Saxonici: World Wide Web Register
Website:	https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/fontes/
Date Accessed:	2024-09-10

SA3

single antecedent source

possible

20.26-7

Biblia Sacra

15, apothegm 78

gif þu wilt … ful good buton gode anum

Mattheum

Weber 1975

Comment:: Either source possibly used
Bibliography:: Nehab 1879, 70

Contributor:: Michael W. Twomey

Created:: 1989-12-31

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Contributor:	Michael W. Twomey
Text:	Anon (OE): Distichs of Cato
Edition:	Cox 1972
Reference:	C.B.7.1
Created:	1989-12-31
Project Name:	Fontes Anglo-Saxonici: World Wide Web Register
Website:	https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/fontes/
Date Accessed:	2024-09-10

SA3

single antecedent source

possible

9.48

Biblia Sacra

15, apothegm 78

gif þu wilt … ful good buton gode anum

Lucam

Weber 1975

Boethius's Consolatio Philosopiae (OE)

Comment:: Either source possibly used
Bibliography:: Nehab 1879, 70

Contributor:: Michael W. Twomey

Created:: 1989-12-31

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Contributor:	Michael W. Twomey
Text:	Anon (OE): Distichs of Cato
Edition:	Cox 1972
Reference:	C.B.7.1
Created:	1989-12-31
Project Name:	Fontes Anglo-Saxonici: World Wide Web Register
Website:	https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/fontes/
Date Accessed:	2024-09-10

SA1

single antecedent source

certain

geðenc nu hwæðer … wisum men

63.1-5

Alfred the Great

15, apothegm 80

gif ænig mon … ðe he mare rice hæfð

Sedgefield 1899

Contributor:: Michael W. Twomey

Created:: 1989-12-31

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Contributor:	Michael W. Twomey
Text:	Anon (OE): Distichs of Cato
Edition:	Cox 1972
Reference:	C.B.7.1
Created:	1989-12-31
Project Name:	Fontes Anglo-Saxonici: World Wide Web Register
Website:	https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/fontes/
Date Accessed:	2024-09-10

single immediate source

possible

ne ceos ðu … ðinum agenum cynne

Deut.17.15

Anonymous

15, apothegm E

wa þære þeode … on his earde

Old English Heptateuch

Crawford 1922

Contributor:: Michael W. Twomey

Created:: 1989-12-31

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Contributor:	Michael W. Twomey
Text:	Anon (OE): Distichs of Cato
Edition:	Cox 1972
Reference:	C.B.7.1
Created:	1989-12-31
Project Name:	Fontes Anglo-Saxonici: World Wide Web Register
Website:	https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/fontes/
Date Accessed:	2024-09-10

single immediate source

certain

ne ne axa … ealle ðas ðinge

Deut.18.11-12

Anonymous

16, apothegm F

ne acse þu nanre wicce … swylce þing

Old English Heptateuch

Crawford 1922

Contributor:: Michael W. Twomey

Created:: 1989-12-31

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Contributor:	Michael W. Twomey
Text:	Anon (OE): Distichs of Cato
Edition:	Cox 1972
Reference:	C.B.7.1
Created:	1989-12-31
Project Name:	Fontes Anglo-Saxonici: World Wide Web Register
Website:	https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/fontes/
Date Accessed:	2024-09-10

single immediate source

certain

ne wanda ðu … rihtwisnessa word

Deut.16.19

Anonymous

16, apothegm G

ne nym þu medsceattes … rihtwisra word

Old English Heptateuch

Crawford 1922