Minor Poems « Anglo Saxon Aloud

A Prayer [all]

By mdrout, on February 4th, 2008%

A prayer in Old English verse.

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The Gloria II [all]

By mdrout, on February 4th, 2008%

A shorter version of the Gloria in Old English verse.

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Psalm 50, lines 72-157 [end]

By mdrout, on February 1st, 2008%

This is the second half of the translation/adaptation of Psalm 50.

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After an introduction that explains the psalm as an expression of regret for his sin against Uriah and Bathsheba. Then we find the by-now-familiar pattern of a part of the psalm being given in Latin followed by an explication in Anglo-Saxon verse.

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The Kentish Hymn [all]

By mdrout, on January 30th, 2008%

One of the only verse texts with significant Kentish content, the Kentish Hymn consists of a short passage that encourages Christians to love God and a long section that is a direct address to the Deity, praising Him and asking for forgiveness for sins.

The major difference, in this poem, between Kentish and more common West Saxon are the spellings “io” instead of “eo”, “e” instead of “æ”, and “e” instead of “y.” I found that trying to pronounce the Kentish spellings ended up dragging my voice to a higher pitch, which I do not actually think is characteristic of a real Kentish accent (but note that the most visible spelling differences move vowels higher and more to the front from the West Saxon).

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Fragments of Psalms [Part II; end]

By mdrout, on January 29th, 2008%

Fragments of Psalms, with a line or two from the Psalm in Latin followed by an explication or free translation in Old English verse. The ASPR does not use line numbers continuously, but Psalm and line numbers.

This recording includes: (58, 2); (60, 6, 2-4); (64, 6); (69, 1); (70, 7); (79, 18); (84, 4, 1-2); (87, 13); (89, 15); (89, 18); (89, 19); (101, 1); (102, 1); (102, 2); (102, 3); (102, 4); (102, 5); (118, 175); (118, 176); (121, 7); (139, 1, 1-2); (140, 2).

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Fragments of Psalms [part I]

By mdrout, on January 28th, 2008%

This recording includes: (5, 1); (5, 2); (5,3 ); (19, 9); (24, 3); (24, 4); (24, 5); (24, 6); (27, 10); (32, 18); (34, 1); (34, 2); (34, 3); (40, 4); (43, 27); (50, 1); (50, 10); (50, 11); (50, 12); (50, 13); (53, 1); (58, 1).