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Abstraction, 5 N.24, 22, 69 N.58, 90±2, 95±9, 142, 161, 164 Adam, 19 Cambridge University Press 0521640369 - Representations of the Natural World in Old English Poetry Jennifer Neville Index More information Index abstraction, 5 n.24, 22, 69 n.58, 90±2, alliteration, 181 95±9, 142, 161, 164 Andreas, 25 n.22, 44±7, 65 n.43, 123±4, Adam, 19±22, 26, 39, 45, 47, 90±1, 155, 141 n.6, 151 n.53, 153 n.71, 175 156±7, 172±3, 188, 199 angel, 13, 26, 100, 127, 141, 190 n.59 Adrian and Ritheus, 186 n.41, 188±90, 195 fallen, 19 n.2, 40 n.90, 64, 74, 105, 108 álfric n.86, 149±51, 154, 170 De falsis Diis, 20 n.4 see also devil Natale innocentium infantum, 168 Anglo-Latin literature, 7 n.34, 31±3, 97, De temporibus anni, 155 n.82 112, 179±82, 192±5, 201 Against a Dwarf, 8 n.35, 103±4, 117 Anglo-Saxon Chronicle,97 Against Elf-shot, 117 animism, 118 n.127, 171 Against Flying Venom, 117 anthropomorphisation, 175±7 agriculture, 6±7, 39, 106 Aquinas, Thomas, 204 Aidan, 172 Aristotle, 2 n.5, 154 n.76, 191 n.64, 204, Alan of Lille, De planctu naturae, 55 n.12, 206 137, 204 Arnoldof Bonneval, De operibus sex dierum, Alcuin, 112 n.100, 148 n.44, 166 205 n.7 Dialogus de rhetorica et virtutibus, 180 artefact, 81, 113, 196±8, 201 Grammatica, 180 astronomy, 29, 154±9, 193 Aldhelm, 26 n.26, 39 n.85, 148 n.44, Augustine, 26±9, 31, 154 n.76, 156, 177, 180±81 179 n.5, 190 Enigmata, 7 n.34, 8 n.36, 8 n.41, 29, 39 De civitate Dei, 27±8, 40 n.90, 143 n.19 n.85, 138 n.201, 140 n.2, 143 n.14, Confessiones, 166 n.129 192±5, 196, 199 De doctrina Christiana, 28, 65±6 Epistola ad Acircum, 180 Sermon on Matthew, 165±6 De virginitate, 8 n.36, 39, 112 n.100 aurochs, 187 Alfred Meters of Boethius, 157±60, 162, 172, Bald's Leechbook, 120 n.140 196 n.87, 205 Basil, 154 n.76 Preface to The Pastoral Care, 157 n.100 Battle of Brunanburh, The, 10 n.50, 26 allegory, 16±17, 26 n.25, 55, 69, 79, 126, Battle of Maldon, The, 8 n.40, 55±6, 136, 166, 174 n.161, 179, 206 188, 204 217 © Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 0521640369 - Representations of the Natural World in Old English Poetry Jennifer Neville Index More information Index bear, 6, 8, 71, 192 n.67 Cñdmon, 144±5 beast, 1, 8, 9 n.46, 12, 27±8, 32, 33 n.52, Cñdmon's Hymn, 64±5, 94 n.19, 141 n.6, 36 n.73, 56 n.14, 85, 108 n.89, 136, 146 142, 144, 187 n.46 Cain, 38, 73±4, 84 n.129, 86, 106, 109 `Beasts of Battle', 8 n.41, 8 n.42, 10, 86, camel, 34 n.57, 190 n.59 94, 143, 182 cannibalism, 34 Bede, 26 n.26, 39 n.85, 56 n.16, 128 cartography, 146 n.28 n.170, 148 n.44, 154±6 Cassiodorus, 11 n.57, 157 n.102 De arte metrica, 180 cat, 6 n.29 De die iudicii, 111 catalogue poem, 22, 148 n.43, 186 In Ezram et Neemiam, 120 `circle of light', 68, 78, 80, 86, 108, 115, In Genesim, 67, 143 n.19, 146, 156 201 n.92, 166 n.129, 179 n.5 chain of being, 205±6 Historia ecclesiastica, 24±5, 27 n.30, 48, charm, 5 n.23, 8 nn.35 and36, 8 n.36, 77 66, 94 n.19, 147 n.38, 149, 167, n.95, 99±104, 107±10, 115±22, 125, 169, 172 127, 179 n.5, 186, 197, 198 De natura rerum, 29, 143 n.13, 154, Chaucer, The Nun's Priest's Tale, 102 n.54 170 Christ, 25 nn.20 and22, 56 n.14, 111 De schematibus et tropis, 180 Christ and Satan, 43 n.102, 139±40, 141 De temporibus liber,29 n.6, 160, 161 n.114, 165, 177 De temporum ratione,29 clam, 7 n.34 De tonitruis, 170 cliff, 36±8, 40, 48, 49 n.122, 51, 138 bee, 6, 8 n.36, 11, 77 n.95 climate, 3±5, 8 Bee Charm, The, 8 n. 36, 77 n.95 computus, 155±6 Beowulf, 1 n.2, 2 n.7, 8 n.37±40, 10, `cosmic hall', see world-hall 30±32, 38, 40, 43 n.103, 44, 46 cosmology, 16±17, 22, 55, 97, 145±8, n.113, 47, 52 n.126, 60 n.27, 62±4, 153±63, 177, 206 67±88, 89±91, 93±4, 101, 102, 109, Cosmos Indicopleustes, 146±7 114±15, 118, 119, 121, 122 n.148, crab, 7 n.34, 193 124, 125, 129±38, 141 n.6, 145, Creation, 2, 26, 30, 57±9, 62±74, 84, 96, 150±51, 163 n.123, 170, 175, 182, 113, 139±40, 141 n.6, 142±6, 156, 184, 187, 188 n.48, 192 n.67, 195, 161, 173, 177, 183, 188, 196, 204 200, 201, 203 creation theology, 185±6 bird, 1, 2, 6, 8, 21, 34 n.57, 36±7, 41, cruci®xion, 151±2 43±4, 71, 128, 169, 172, 185, 193, Cuthbert, Saint, 128 n.170, 171±2 195, 197 Cynewulf, 144±5 Blickling homilies, 52 n.126, 60 n.27, 75 n.83 Daniel, 56 n.14, 62 n.31, 83±4, 141±2, boar, 6, 8, 9 n.46, 34 n.57 144 Boethius, De consolatione Philosophiae, 154 `Dark Ages', 4, 13±15 n. 76, 157±62, 164 n.124, 196, 205 deer, 2, 8 n.38, 9, 115 Boniface, Aenigmata, 194 n.72 demon, see devil boundary, 68, 70, 73±4, 81±5, 109, 116, Deor, 148 n.43, 182 n.23, 186 n.39, 188, 124 n.156, 130, 135±6, 187 n.46 203 Byrhtferth, Enchiridion, 155±7 Descent into Hell, The, 151 n.59 218 © Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 0521640369 - Representations of the Natural World in Old English Poetry Jennifer Neville Index More information Index devil, 12, 26, 31 n.46, 40, 43±7, 50, 56 Eusebius, ánigmata, 7 n.34, 190 n.59, n.14, 75, 79, 100, 104±5, 108, 118, 194 n.72 119 n.135, 125±8, 132, 134, 140 Exeter Book n.5, 149, 172, 173, 190 n.59, 191±2 Riddle 1, 40 n.89, 112 n.101, 140 n.2, `Devil's Account of the Next World, The', 199±200 155 Riddle 3, 40, 74, 129±30, 133, 140 n.2, dialogue, 185±6 142 n.11, 144 n.20, 167, 168±9, disease, 5±6, 7, 40 n.88, 72, 103, 115±21, 172, 176 167±8, 170 Riddle 7, 8 n.40 dragon, 8, 9, 12, 20 n.4, 33 n.52, 71, Riddle 26, 113±14, 187, 198, 201 81±2, 108 n.88, 114 n.109, 118±19, Riddle 27, 8 n. 36, 200 122 n.148, 126 n.162, 137, 150 Riddle 29, 146 n.33 n.52, 163 n.123, 188 n.48 Riddle 34, 7 n.32 draugr,79 Riddle 40, 140 n.2, 143, 194 n.73 Dream of the Rood, The, 37 n.76, 46 n.114, Riddle 47, 80 n.113 66±7, 151±3, 171 Riddle 53, 115, 187, 201 dryad, 108 Riddle 57, 8 n.36 Durham, 70 n.59, 181 n.18 Riddle 60, 114±15, 196, 201 dwarf, 8 n.35, 103±5, 107, 109, 115, 117, Riddle 66, 140 n.2 134 Riddle 84, 196±8 earth, 1, 13, 23, 24, 33, 39, 42, 43, 45, Riddle 88, 8 n.38, 10, 115, 201 46, 47±8, 49, 58, 60±1, 62, 63±4, Riddle 93, 8 n.38, 10 90 n.3, 123, 139±40, 142, 146 n.31, exile, 19±21, 37, 41, 43, 60, 70, 80, 84±8, 154, 160, 161 nn.113 and114, 162, 127, 182, 188, 203 163 n.122, 165 n.126, 166, 167, Exodus, 10 n.50, 144 n.20, 147, 173±6 170, 173 n.156, 176, 177, 196 n.88, 197, 200 faecce, 106±7 echo, see wudumñr Fall, The, 19 n.2, 20±21, 39, 96, 179 eel, 186±7, 203 fate, see wyrd Egyptian, 66, 173±5 Fates of the Apostles, The, 186 n.39 elegiac poetry, 19, 21, 164, 185 n.34, 203 faun, 106±8, 134 Elene, 10 n.50, 141 n.6, 142±3, 176±7 feasting, 9, 37 n.76, 63, 69, 78, 85, 86, elephant, 7 n.34, 193 131 elf, 70, 72, 103±8, 115±18, 119 n.135, fen, 40, 44, 69 n.58, 71±2, 75±6, 105, 120, 133, 134, 168 108, 135 see also Against Elf-shot, elf-shot, fetch, see faecce wñterñlf-adl ®re, 4, 23, 24, 27, 61, 126, 141, 148, 154 elf-shot, 103, 117±18, 133 n.187, 168 n.75, 173, 187 n.138 ®sh, 8 n.43, 35, 71, 187, 191±2, 195 encyclopedic list, 29 n.35, 31 n.45, 185, For a Sudden Stitch, 5 n.23, 120±1, 198 186 n.39, 186 n.41, 195 n.81, 196 forest, 7, 10 n.50, 37±8, 44, 59, 87, 105, envelope pattern, 181±2 108 n.86, 109, 115, 126, 129, 131, esa, see paganism, God 135 Ethiopian, 34 n.59, 173±4 Fortunes of Men, The, 8 n.42, 167 n.135, etin, 70 185, 186 n.39 219 © Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 0521640369 - Representations of the Natural World in Old English Poetry Jennifer Neville Index More information Index fox, 6, 7, 11 hail, 8 n.36, 19, 21, 43±5, 48, 61, 70, frost, 19, 21, 23, 45, 48, 61, 70, 142, 144, 154, 185, 187 154 n.75, 164, 169, 173 n.156 hall, 4, 25, 36, 37 n.76, 63, 65, 68±9, 70, 74±6, 81, 82, 87, 114, 134, 199 Genesis, 10 n.50, 19±21, 25 n.22, 26, 30, hamadryad, 108 37 n.76, 39, 45, 55±6, 58±67, 74, hare, 6, 7 78, 84 n.129, 86, 113, 140 n.4, 141 har hñ broga, 173±4 n.6, 144 n.20, 146, 149±51, 153, heaven, 19±20, 23, 25, 37 n.76, 43, 48±9, 156, 160, 162, 170, 172±3, 175, 176 58±63, 65 n.42, 68, 71, 75, 100, 123 n.166, 179 n.4, 188, 201 n.152, 124±5, 139±40, 142, 146, Germanus of Auxerre, 172 150, 155±6, 158, 160, 161 n.114, ghost, 103, 107 162, 165 n.126, 166, 169, 173, 175, giant, 47, 70±72, 79, 88, 103, 107±9, 134 193, 196 n.88 see also yrs hell, 20, 22±3, 51±2, 59±62, 75, 87, 105, gifstol,77 108 n.86, 135 n.191, 149 n.49, 191, gift±giving, 64, 77, 83 196 n.88 Gifts of Men, The, 186 n.39 Helperic, De computo ecclesiastico, 155 n.82 glossary, 7 n.34, 105±8 heofoncondelle, 162, 173 gnomic literature, 22±3, 43, 49, 154, 185, see also sun 189 n.56, 198 heofontimber, see world-hall goblin, 103, 106, 107 Heorot, 57, 62±5, 68±70, 74±6, 81, 84, God 101, 114, 133±4, 142, 146 n.29, 150 as defender, 65, 88, 176 n.166 n.52 as hero, 66±7, 149±52 herb, 117 n.124, 118, 120 as Germanic lord, 169, 171 Herbarium, 108 n.88 grammar, 152 n.64, 180, 186 n.41 hermeneutic style, see hisperic style Gregory the Great, 66, 147 n.38, 156, 157 `Hero on the Beach', 94, 143 n.16, 152 n.100 n.60, 182 Grendel, 2, 30±1, 35 n.70, 38, 44, 46 heroism, 9, 43, 45±7, 49, 53, 56, 68, 73, n.113, 53, 56, 67, 69 nn.55 and58, 80, 81 n.
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