This monograph presents Old English renderings of Christian words found in interlinear glosses, especially the Gospels and the Psalter glosses. Nouns, adjectives, adverbs and verbs in biblical contexts are included through dialectal (Northumbrian, Mercian, and West Saxon) diachronic (early and late West Saxon) and idiolectal (i.e. scribal) comparison. By using interlinear glosses, the correspondence between the original Latin word and the Old English rendering can be recognised more clearly than in ordinary prose, and at the same time, a flexible choice of renderings can be seen in some contexts. The author tries to show which Old English words were chosen as renderings, while some Latin words were accepted without translation.
Author(s): Michiko Ogura
Series: Studies in English Medieval Language and Literature, 63
Publisher: Peter Lang
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 1094
City: Berlin
Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1. MacGillivray (1902) and Wiesenekker (1991)
1.1. MacGillivray (1902)
1.2. Wiesenekker (1991)
Chapter 2. Terms for Lord, God and Christ
2.1. Findings So Far
2.2. God
2.3. Drihten, hlaford, hælend
2.4. Crist, hælend
2.5. Summary
Chapter 3. Major Christian Terms Found in Interlinear Glosses
3.1. Disciples
3.2. Devils and Angels
3.3. Bishop, Priest, and Ealdorman
3.4. Church
3.5. Baptism, Baptise
3.6. Mercy
3.7. Soul and Spirit
3.8. Sacrifice
3.9. Sin and Guilt
3.10. Might and Main
3.11. Bliss and Bless
3.12. Wise or Unwise
3.13. Deepness
3.14. Tabernacle
3.15. Pride
3.16. Word and Speech
3.17. Evil
3.18. Reproach
3.19. People
3.20. Refuge
3.21. Manna
3.22. Shame
3.23. Sing, Song
3.24. Let loose
3.25. On weg adrifan
Chapter 4. Lexicalisation of ‘Christian’ Expressions
4.1. Early Old English
4.2. Cædmon’s Hymn
4.3. More examples from Bede
4.4. Genesis
4.5. Poems
4.6. Late Old English
Chapter 5. Miscellanies
5.1. Ceder
5.2. Næddre, etc.
5.3. Gim
5.4. Preposition + Noun
Conclusion
Select Bibliography
Index of Examples
Appendices
Appendix A. Tables
Appendix B. Variants of Christian and Related Terms in the Gospels
Appendix C. Variants of Christian and Related Terms in the Psalter Glosses
Series Index
