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The Old English Aerobics
Anthology

Welcome to the home of the Old English Aerobics Anthology. The readings here are also printed in Peter S. Baker, Introduction to Old English, published by Wiley-Blackwell. You can get a copy here, here, or here, and you can consult much of the book for free courtesy of The Rawlinson Center of The Medieval Institute at Western Michigan University.

Texts for the 3rd edition (forthcoming)

  1. Alfred the Great's Preface to Gregory's Pastoral Care
  2. A Selection of Riddles
  3. The Battle of Finnesburh
  4. Waldere

Texts in the 2nd edition

  1. The Fall of Adam and Eve (Genesis 3)
  2. Ælfric: Life of St Æthelthryth
  3. Ælfric on the Book of Job
  4. Cynewulf and Cyneheard
  5. The Martyrdom of Ælfheah
  6. William the Conqueror
  7. Wulfstan, Sermo Lupi ad Anglos
  8. Ohthere and Wulfstan
  9. The Story of Caedmon
  10. Boethius on Fame
  11. A Lyric for Advent
  12. The Battle of Maldon
  13. The Wanderer
  14. The Dream of the Rood
  15. Wulf and Eadwacer
  16. The Wife's Lament
  17. The Husband's Message
  18. Judith