Source

The Anglo-Saxon Minor Poems

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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Assessment

Reliability Tier

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.

Notes

Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records volume VI, where the metrical charms are edited and numbered. In copyright.

Citation

Author

Elliott Van Kirk Dobbie (editor)

Publisher

Columbia University Press, New York

Publication Year

1942

Source Type

Critical edition

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Anglo-Saxons

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..."

Source The Anglo-Saxon Minor PoemsElliott Van Kirk Dobbie (editor)

Saxons

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..."

Source The Anglo-Saxon Minor PoemsElliott Van Kirk Dobbie (editor)

Claims Backed By This Source (32 claims)

This source backs 32 claims across the atlas. As facts: 20 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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