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- Title
Hypermetric Verse in an Old English Charm Against Theft.
- Authors
Rabin, Andrew
- Abstract
The article discusses hypermetric verse utilized in an Old English charm intended to prevent theft that is included in legal manuscripts at Corpus Christi College and monastic texts. The author notes speculation regarding whether charms should be categorized as poetry and discusses their inclusion in legal texts. He comments on revisions in the form of the charm during its translation from Latin to Old English and how the incantation conforms to aspects of hypermetric versification. Assonance and rhymes used in the charm are also discussed.
- Subjects
CHARMS; OLD English literature; OLD English manuscripts; ENGLISH incantations; VERSIFICATION; REVISIONS; LITERATURE translations
- Publication
Notes & Queries, 2009, Vol 56, Issue 4, p482
- ISSN
0029-3970
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/notesj/gjp203