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: R. West
Published: 1977
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 94
Subjects: Proverbs, English -- Middle English, 1100-1500.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Reprint of the 1907 ed. published by Clarendon Press, Oxford.