Elliott Van Kirk Dobbie's edition of The Anglo-Saxon Minor Poems, published by Columbia University Press in 1942 as volume six of the Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records series, is the standard critical edition in which the Old English metrical charms are edited and numbered. Its strength is that the Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records series remains the reference edition cited across Old English scholarship. Its limit is that it is a philological edition presenting and numbering the texts rather than an interpretive study of the charms' religious or magical function, so a claim about what the charms meant to those who used them needs an interpretive source alongside this edition.
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Published by Columbia University Press in 1942 as volume six of the Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records series, the standard critical edition still cited across Old English scholarship, treated at the top tier. NotesAnglo-Saxon Poetic Records volume VI, where the metrical charms are edited and numbered. In copyright.
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AuthorElliott Van Kirk Dobbie (editor)
PublisherColumbia University Press, New York
Publication Year1942
Source TypeCritical edition
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This source names Anglo-Saxons directly: "Elliott Van Kirk Dobbie's edition of The Anglo-Saxon Minor Poems, published by Columbia University Press in 1942 as volume six of the Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records series, is the standard critical..."
This source names Saxons directly: "Elliott Van Kirk Dobbie's edition of The Anglo-Saxon Minor Poems, published by Columbia University Press in 1942 as volume six of the Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records series, is the standard critical..."
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This source backs 31 claims across the atlas. As facts: 19 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate. As cited relationships: 4 holds. Plus 7 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Incantations, Spells & Curses, 11 claims: 6 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate, 1 holds, 3 general references.
- Sources, 9 claims: 7 well-attested, 2 holds.
- Articles, 8 claims: 6 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 general references.
- Cultures, 2 claims: 2 general references.
- Languages, 1 claims: 1 general references.
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19Incantations, Spells & Curses
Scholarly debate
1Incantations, Spells & Curses
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4Incantations, Spells & Curses
General References
7Incantations, Spells & Curses
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