The Metrical Preface to Wærferth's Translation of Gregory's Dialogues University of Oxford CLASP Project nick.white@ell.ox.ac.uk https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/A.6.38 Distributed by the University of Oxford under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License Library of Congress Subject Headings English, Old (ca. 450-1100) Poems The Metrical Preface to Wærferth's Translation of Gregory's Dialogues
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