A Consolidated Library of Anglo-Saxon Poetry

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ID
https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/JOHNSAX.Æthelstan.Vers
Author
John the Old Saxon
Title
Verses addressed to Prince Athelstan
Language
Latin
Form
acrostic, telestic
Edited
M. Lapidge, 'Some Latin Poems as Evidence for the Reign of Athelstan', Anglo-Saxon England 9 (1981), 61-98, at 72
Time
c.900
Listed
ICL 989
Metre
hexameter
MSS
Oxford, Bodleian Library, Rawlinson C.697, f. 78v. (addition of s. xmed)
Bibliography
  • Robinson, Times of St. Dunstan, p. 69, n. 2
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JOHNSAX.Æthelstan.Vers

JOHNSAX.Æthelstan.Vers 1. ‘Archalis’ clamare, triumuir, nomine ‘saxI’. ‘Archalis’ clamare, triumuir, nomine ‘saxI’.
caesura pattern: 2m | 3f | 4d, fs: 3\2, pat: SSDS
JOHNSAX.Æthelstan.Vers 2. Diue tuo fors prognossim feliciter aeuO: Diue tuo fors prognossim feliciter aeuO:
caesura pattern: 2m | 4m, fs: 4\2, ca: f, pa: f, ma: Y, pat: DSSS
JOHNSAX.Æthelstan.Vers 3. ‘Augusta’ Samu- cernentis ‘rupis’ eris -elH, ‘Augusta’ Samu- cernentis ‘rupis’ eris -elH,
caesura pattern: 2m | 3m | 4d, fs: 2\3, pat: SSSS
JOHNSAX.Æthelstan.Vers 4. Laruales forti beliales robure contrA. Laruales forti beliales robure contrA.
caesura pattern: 2m | 3m | 4d, fs: 3\2, pat: SSDS
JOHNSAX.Æthelstan.Vers 5. Saepe seges messem fecunda prenotat altam; iN Saepe seges messem fecunda prenotat altam; iN
caesura pattern: ‿in | 2m | 3m | 4d, sa: 3\2?, oa: s, h: ?, q: DSSS
JOHNSAX.Æthelstan.Vers 6. Tutis solandum petrinum solibus agmeN. Tutis solandum petrinum solibus agmeN.
fs: 3\2, ca: s, pa: s, oa: s, ma: Y, pat: SSSS, q: X
JOHNSAX.Æthelstan.Vers 7. Amplius amplificare sacra sophismatis arcE. Amplius amplificare sacra sophismatis arcE.
caesura pattern: 3f | 4m, fs: 4\2, ca: s, pa: s, ma: Y, pat: DDDS
JOHNSAX.Æthelstan.Vers 8. Nomina orto- petas donet, precor, inclita -doxuS. Nomina orto- petas donet, precor, inclita -doxuS.
caesura pattern: 2m? | 2f | 3m | 4m, fs: 3\2, pa: p, pat: DDSD