Caedmon's Metrical Paraphrase of Parts of the Holy Scriptures: With an English Translation, Notes, and a Verbal IndexSociety of Antiquaries of London, 1832 - 341 páginas |
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Caedmon's Metrical Paraphrase of Parts of the Holy Scriptures: In Anglo-Saxon Caedmon Vista completa - 1832 |
Términos y frases comunes
Abimelech Abraham Abram Adam Adam and Eve æfter ælmihtig aldor alliteration angels Apparently an error Babylon bade beann beaɲn Cadmon Cædmon children of men cpæð Creator cuman cyning dær drihten eagum ealle earth engla eorðan fæder fela feond Folc Folca foɲ fultum gepát gepeald gereah glory God's gode goder Guardian habban hæleð hærde halig halize halzan hám hath heaven heaven's kingdom hell heofonum heopa hine hír holy host hund Junius King Lamech land leoht lífer mæg meahte metod micel mihte mind míne mód móde oð þ ofer ongan pæn pæne pæɲon pær paldend peaɲd peoden phie píce pið píde pillan pintɲa píte polde póndum pone ponne populd puph récan recze relfa riððan Ruler runu scealt sceolde spake spide thee thou words þæɲ þær þam þeah þíne þínum þonne þuɲh þý гра
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Página 243 - He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.
Página 24 - I power of my hands, might one season be without, be one winter's space ! Then with this host I — But around me lie iron bonds, presseth this cord of chain ; I am powerless ! me have so hard the clasps of hell, so firmly, grasped ! Here is a vast fire above and underneath. Never did I see a loathlier landscape. The flame abateth not hot over hell.
Página 24 - This hard-polished band, Impeded in my course, Debarred me from my way ; My feet are bound, My hands manacled ; Of these hell-doors are The ways obstructed, So that with aught I cannot From these limb-bonds escape ; About me lie Of hard iron Forged with heat, Huge gratings, With which me God Hath fastened by the neck.
Página 20 - Because they his deed and word Would not revere ; Therefore them in a worse light, Under the earth beneath, Almighty God Had placed triumphless In the swart hell ; There they have at even, Immeasurably long, Each of all the fiends, A renewal of fire ; S.4 TAX'S PUNISHMENT. r 25 Then cometh ere dawn The eastern wind, Frost bitter-cold, Ever fire or dart...
Página 206 - The folk was affrighted, the flood-dread seized on their sad souls ; ocean wailed with death, the mountain heights were with blood besteamed, the sea foamed gore, crying was in the waves, the water full of weapons, a death-mist rose...
Página xxv - At ipse cuncta, quae audiendo discere poterat, rememorando secum et quasi mundum animal ruminando in carmen dulcissimum convertebat; suaviusque resonando doctores suos vicissim auditores sui faciebat.
Página 114 - ... and there was a strife between the herdsmen of Abraham's cattle, and the herdsmen of Lot's cattle...
Página 7 - There had not here as yet, save cavern-shade, aught been; but this wide abyss stood deep and dim, strange to its Lord, idle and useless; on which looked with his eyes the King firm of mind, and beheld those places void of joys; saw the dark cloud lower in eternal night, swart under heaven, dark and waste, until this worldly creation through the word existed of the Glory-King. . . . The earth as yet was not green with grass; ocean cover'd, swart in eternal night, far and wide the dusky ways.
Página 40 - However natural or downright may be this specification, it is what could not have occurred with the bosom of our naked mother of mankind; and the artistical conception eluded the difficulty of carrying these apples, ' From the tree returning, in her hand, A bough of fairest fruit.
Página 33 - Adam spake, Where on earth he stood, A self-created man : " When I the Lord of triumph, The mighty God, Heard speak With strong voice ; And he me here standing bade Hold his commandments, And me gave this bride, This wife of beauteous mien ; And me bade beware That in the tree of death I were not deceived, Too much seduced : He said that the swart hell Should inhabit He who in his heart aught Should admit of sin.