The proverbs of Alfred, re-edited from the manuscripts
By: by Walter W. Skeat.
Contributors: Alfred, King of England, 849-899.; Skeat, Walter W. 1835-1912, ed.
Publisher: Folcroft Library Editions
Published: 1974
Place of publication: [Folcroft, Pa.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 94
Subjects: Proverbs, English.; Didactic poetry, English (Middle); Manuscripts, Medieval -- England -- Cambridge.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
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.