The proverbs of Alfred
By: re-edited from the manuscripts by Walter W. Skeat.
Contributors: Alfred, King of England, 849-899; Skeat, Walter W. 1835-1912
Publisher: Clarendon Press, 1907.
Published: 1907
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 94
Subjects: Proverbs, English.
Work titles: Proverbs of Alfred.
Notes: An anonymous poem of the thirteenth century containing maxims and proverbs attributed to Alfred the Great.

The shorter text, as in the Jesus College (Oxford) Ms. and the longer text, as in the Trinity College (Cambridge) Ms. printed on opposite pages, with fragments of a third text, as formerly extant in Ms. Cotton, Galba A. XIX printed in the lower part of pages 2-13.

Microfilm (positive) (Literature of folklore ; reel 489)

Includes bibliographical references and index.