Acca, Bishop of Hexham, encourages art and learning in Northumbria, 226, 344, 345 n.
Adamnan, his account of Arculf's voyage, 343; his Life of St. Columba, 343.
Aedan, King of Dalriada, wars against Ethelfrith, 267.
Elfleda, daughter of Oswiu of Nor- thumbria, Abbess of Whitby, 200, 276, 277.
Elfwine (Alboin), son of Eadwine, 2; discussion of his identity, 2 n.; Note A, 99, 460.
Esc, son of Hengest, defeats the Welsh, 103.
Eschere, thegn of Hrothgar, slain by Grendel's mother, 41, 42, 44. Æthelbald, King of Mercia, builds church at Crowland, 227; his life and influence on literature, 250, 251.
Æthelberht, King of Kent, receives Christianity, 190, 191.
(Elberht), Archbishop of York, his influence on art and literature, 448-450.
Ætheldreda, Abbess of Ely, 200. Æthelfrith, King of Northumbria, be- comes supreme in England, 116, 257; his warfare with Scots and Welsh, 103, 116-118; verse on his battle with Raedwald, 117. Ethelhard, Archbishop of Canterbury, 248.
Æthelheard, King of Wessex, 242. Æthelhun, Alderman, leader of West Saxons in battle of Burford, 242. Ethelred, King of Mercia, organises Mercian Church, 250.
King of Northumbria, 452. King of Wessex, 249. Ethelweard, chronicler, his account of Sceaf, 78, 79; Note D, 469.
Albinus, gives Baeda information for Eccles. Hist., 230, 345 n. Alboin. [See Elfwine] Alchfrith, son of Oswiu, founds monas- tery at Ripon, 272 n.; is present at Synod of Whitby, 277. Alchmund, 452.
Alcuin, life, literary influence, and works, 449-451; his De Pontificibus (quoted), 440, 446, 448, 449.
Aldfrith, King of Northumbria, de- velops his kingdom, 258; supports nationality of church, 263; encour- ages literature, 342; friend of Baeda, 345 n.; Ealdhelm sends him treatise on Prosedy, 240; buys Codex from Ceolfrid, 225.
Alfwold, King of East Anglia, Life of Guthlac dedicated to, 250.
King of Northumbria, 452. Amesbury, 103, 104.
Anderida (Andredesceaster), 103. "Andreas," poem of, its authorship discussed, 414; Note D, 487; de- scribed and translated, 414-425; passages quoted, 170-174, 179, 180. Aneurin, 266 n.
Angles, connected with Geats and Danes, 15; their ancestor worship, 80; Note D, 464; their conquests in Britain, 113-117; literary interest of their early wars, 117, 119. [See also Sea, Forests]
Animals in Early English Poetry, 140- 142, 269. [See Riddles]
Arminius, suggested identity with Siegfried, 11 n.
Armour, in Early English Poetry, 120- 128. [See also Riddles] Arthur, King, mythic or historic? 104 n.; first mentioned at Mount Badon, 104; influence of his story on Eng- lish poetry, 104 n.; site of his battles,
Arts, the,in early England, 226-229,447 n. Ashdown, battle of, 249.
Attila (Etla), 3, 11 n., 96; songs at a banquet of, 40 n.
Attuarii (Hetware), the, conquer Hygelac, 14.
Augustine, St., brings Christianity to Kent, 190; establishes library and schools, 235; his monastery occupied by Theodore, 237. Aylesford, battle of, 102. "Azarias," poem of (quoted), 212-214; supposition of its origin, 325, 439 n.
BAEDA, charm of his stories, 218; his literary friendships, 230, 231; his life and work, 344-351; story of his death, 338-340; his dying verses, 339. [See also Coifi, Cuthbert, Paullinus] Balder, burial of, 27; worship of, 81. Bamborough, 222.
Barking, nuns of, 225-226.
Bath, taken by West Saxons, 106; its importance under Romans, 107; its ruins described in Ruined Burg, 108, 109; its baths, 109 n. Beadohild (Bodwild), her story in Deor's Lament, 6; Edda version of the legend, Note B, 461-462. Beanstan, 59 n., 62. Beaw. [See Beowulf (3)] Begu, St., 288.
Benedict Biscop, founds monasteries, sets up libraries, 225; encourages art, 226-229; set over St. Augustine's monastery, 237.
Beowa. [See Beowulf (3)] Beowulf (1), the hero, perhaps his- torical, 18; his early history and character, 21-25.
(2), the poem, history of MSS. and editions, 12; its divisions, 13; the- ories of its composition, 13; its date and birthplace, 13-15; theories of its origin and growth, 16-17; its value as history, 18; its scenery, 31-33, 42-45, 45 n., 52, 53; descrip- tion and translation of, 26-69; man- ners in, 69, 70; Christian elements of, 70-72; its literary merit, 72, 73; mythical elements of, 74-92; story did not enter Norse-German cycle,
93-95; passages quoted, 127-129, 165-168, 169-187.
(3) (Beaw, Beowa), son of Scyld, 16, 17, 26, 81.
Berhtwulf, King of Mercia, defeated by Vikings, 249. Bernicia, kingdom of, 116. "Bî manna mode." [See "Spirit of Men"]
Boniface (Winfrid), friendship with nuns, 200, 226; his life and work, 244-246; Anglo-Saxon verse quoted in Epistle of, 336 n.
Bosa, Bishop of Deira, 262, 276. Bradford-on-Avon, Old-English Church at, 228, 239, 242.
Breca, Beowulf's swimming match with, 20, 59-62. Bregwin, Archbishop of Canterbury,
Brihtwald, Archbishop of Canterbury, his learning, 237. Brisinga-men, Freyja's necklace, 39 n. Brondings, tribe of the, 61. Brunanburh, poem on the battle of (quoted), 132.
Burford, battle of, 242, 243.
CADWALLON, Welsh king, allies with Penda, 112; slays Eadwine, 118; de- feated by Oswald, 118.
Caedmon, the poet, encouraged to write in English, 260; his life and surroundings in Northumbria, 274- 278, 284-287; Baeda's story of, 281- 284; set of poems connected with his name, 280; the Junian MS. of, 280; did Caedmon write it? 280; Milton and Caedmon, 281, 282; other poems of the Caedmon cycle, 330–338. [See also Genesis A and B, Exodus, Daniel]
Caedwalla, King of Wessex, conquers Isle of Wight, 193. Canterbury, 236, 237.
Cave, the sea-, in Beowulf, 45 n.; similar caves elsewhere, 45 n. Ceadda (Chad), Bishop of Lichfield, Baeda's stories of his death, 207; trained by Aidan, 219, 220, 262 n. Ceawlin, West Saxon chief, defeats Welsh at Deorham, 106; is defeated at Fethanleag, 107; defeated by Welsh and Hwiccas, 112.
Cedda, preaches to East Saxons, 192; legend of his descent from heaven, 207; sets up Lastingham, 271; is present at Synod of Whitby, 277. Cenwealh, King of Wessex, verse on his battle at Pen, 118. Ceolfrid, 226.
Ceolwulf, King of Northumbria, 259; | Commagil, Welsh king, slain by West friend of Baeda, 345 n. Cerdic, Saxon chief, founds Wessex, 104.
Chapman, A., his Bird Life of the Borders (quoted), 372 n. Charford, battle of, 103.
Charles the Great, his correspondence with England, 232; Alcuin joins his court, 450.
Charms, for Water Elf disease, 138 n.; to do away a dwarf, 138 n.; for catching a swarm of bees, 155, 156; for finding lost cattle, 156, 157; for bewitched land, 157-160; for a stitch, 159, 160. For others, see Note E, 471.
Chester, battle of, 112, 117. Chochilaicus (Hygelac), his expedition against the Attuarii, 13, 14. "Christ," Cynewulf's poem of, its di- visions, 390; its sources, 390; Notes B, 482, C, 484; described and trans- lated, 390-404; passages quoted also, 182 n., 187, 209, 210, 379.
"Christ and Satan," collection of poems known as, theories of author- ship and date, 325-328; described and translated, 328–331. Christianity, its struggle with heathen- ism in England, 101, 102; manner of its propagation in England, 189, 190, 204, 205; introduced into Kent, 190, 191; among East Saxons, 191, 193; into Northumbria, 192; Baeda's story of conversion of Northumbria, 201- 204; introduced into Wessex, 192; into East Anglia, ib.; into Mercia, 193; among South Saxons, 193; and Jutes of Wight, ib.; end of Celtic Christianity in England, ib.; changes, but does not expel, heathen belief and feeling, 194–200, 204–207; brings new poetic elements, 201-206, 207- 217. Chronicle, Anglo-Saxon, the, its ac- count of death of Cynewulf, 243- 244; quoted also, 103, etc. Cirencester, 107.
Clovesho, Council of, 228, 250. Cockayne, Oswald, his Leechdoms (re- ferred to), 155 n., etc,
Coenred, King of Northumbria, 259. Coenwalch, King of Wessex, 192. Coifi, his speech on Christianity, 203. Coldingham, 228, 271.
Colman, Bishop of Lindisfarne, present at Synod of Whitby, 277. Columba, St., legend of his appearance to Oswald, 220; his character and influence, 267-270; Life of, 343.
Condidan, Welsh king, slain by West Saxons, 106.
Constantine, his battle with the Huns described in Elene, 130, 131. Conybeare's account of Beowulf (al- luded to), 12.
Cook, Professor, his Judith (referred to), 333.
"Crafts of Men," poem on the, its ori- gin, 398; described, 435, 436; quoted, 121.
Cumbria. [See Strathclyde] Cunibert (Cynibert), Bishop of Sidna- cester, gives Baeda information for the Eccles. Hist., 231, 345 n. Curtin's Myths and Folk-Lore of Ire- land (referred to), 85.
Cuthbert, St., his friendship with Her- bert, 207; his life and influence, 221– 224; anonymous Life of, 343 n.; Baeda's Life of, 193 n., 348.
Archbishop of Canterbury, his Latin verses, 247 n.
pupil of Baeda, his letter on Baeda's death, 339, 340. Cuthred, King of Wessex, 242, 243. Cynegils, King of Wessex, 192. Cynewulf, the poet, a roving singer and a Scôp, 8; his nature-poetry compared with Shelley's, 183; runes of his name, 208, 377-381; Note D, 487; his date and dwelling place, 371-375; his life and character, 375- 386; his signed poems (Juliana, Christ, Elene, Fates of the Apos- tles), 387-406; other poems by him or by men of his school, 408-443.
King of Wessex, account of his death in Chronicle, 244. Cynric, a Saxon chief, 103, 106. Cyriacus, Bishop of Jerusalem, his Life the source of the Elene, 405.
Daegsastan (Dawston), battle of, 266 n. Dalriada, kingdom of, 267. Danes, their home in Seeland, 15; first lays of Beowulf among, ib.; settle in England, 249; attack Nor- thumbria, 454-456.
Daniel, Archbishop of Canterbury, gives Baeda information for the Eccles. Hist., 230, 345 n.; his edu- cational work, 238-240; "Daniel," poem of, 325, 326; passages quoted also, 214.
Dawkins, Boyd, his Early Man in Britain (quoted), 141 n.
Deira, kingdom of, 115, 116. Dennisburn, battle of, 118. Deor. [See Lament of Deor] Deorham, battle of, 106.
"Descent into Hell," poem on the, 425-427.
Dietrich, F., his theory of authorship of the Riddles, 369. "Discourse of the Soul to the Body," poem of, 353–354. Dorchester, 192.
Dragon, the, in Beowulf, 50-53; Cyne- wulf's Riddle on, 52 n.; myth of, 82, 83.
"Dream of the Rood," poem of the, its authorship, 436-441; described and translated, 441-443; passages in it compared with runes on Ruthwell Cross (quoted), 336, 337. Durham, 223.
EADBALD, King of Kent, 192. Eadberht, King of Northumbria, his rule, 446, 447. Eadfrith, 347.
Eadgils, King of the Myrgings, 2, 3. grandson of Ongentheow, 23 n.; slain by Beowulf, 49. Eadwine, King of Northumbria, his vision, 202; considers Christianity with his Witan, 202-203; baptized, 191; slain at Heathfield, 118; verse on his death, 118; his power and government, 257.
father of Elfwine, 2.
Ealdhelm, his Riddles (quoted), 122 n., 123 n., 125 n., 126, 149 n., 183, 211 n.; builds church at Malmesbury, 227; his literary friendships, 230; his life, work, and character, 238-240. Ealdhild, wife of Eadgils, 2. Eanbald I., Archbishop of York, 452. II., Archbishop of York, 453. Eanfleda, wife of Oswiu, founds Gill- ing, 271.
Eanmund, grandson of Ongentheow, 23 n.; murders Heardred, 49. Eanred, King of Northumbria, 452. Earcombert, King of Northumbria,
Eardulf, King of Northumbria, 452. Earle, Professor, his theory of the ori- gin of Beowulf, 14 n.. 17 n., 22 n.; his Deeds of Beowulf (referred to), 14 n.; his Land Charters (quoted), 144 n., etc.; his Anglo-Saxon Litera- ture (quoted), 241, etc.; his Two Anglo-Saxon Chronicles (referred to), 244 n.
East Anglia, 114; Christianity in, 192.
East Saxons, receive Christianity, 191, 192.
Eata, Bishop of Hexham, 262, 272 n. Ebba, sister of Oswald, founds monas- teries of Coldingham and Ebbches- ter, 271. Ebbchester, 272. Ebbsfleet, 102.
"Ecclesiastical History," Baeda's, 344-347.
Ecgberht, King of Wessex, literature under, 248; subdues Northumbria, 453.
Archbishop of York, Baeda's Epistle to, 446; his influence on edu- cation and literature, 447, 448. Ecgferth, son of Offa of Mercia, con- nected with Beowulf (?), 17 n. Ecgfrith, King of Northumbria, char- acter of his reign, 258. Ecgtheow, father of Beowulf, 19, 20. Ecgwine (Ecgwin), Bishop of Worces- ter, legend of, 199; founds Evesham, 250; writes his own life (?), ib. Eddius Stephanus, his Biography of Wilfrid, 343.
Ekkehard of St. Gall (quoted), 96. Elegiac poems, Early English, 353-367. "Elene," Cynewulf's poem of, its
source, 405, 406; the poem discussed and described, 380-384, 405-407; pas- sages quoted also, 128-131, 173, 174, 187.
Elmet, forest of, 115; kingdom of the Welsh, 264.
Eormanric (Hermanric), King of the Ostrogoths, visited by Widsith, 2; his legend in Lament of Deor, 5; Note A, 459.
Eorpwald, King of East Anglia, 192. Eostra, a nature goddess, mentioned by Baeda, 81.
Epinal Glossary, the, 236 n. Esius (Esi), 231.
Ettmüller, L., his theory of origin of Beowulf, 15 n.
Eusebius, his Riddles quoted, 122 n., 137, 183. Evesham, 250.
"Exeter Book," the, 255, 370, 408. "Exodus," the poem of, its author- ship and character, 315-317; de- scribed and translated, 317-324; quoted also, 128, 129, 130.
"Fall of the Angels," poem of the, 328, 329. Farinmagil, Welsh king, slain by West Saxons, 106.
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