Home›Sources›The Old English Rune Poem: A Critical EditionSourcesThe Old English Rune Poem: A Critical EditionCitation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "The Old English Rune Poem: A Critical Edition." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/the-old-english-rune-poem-a-critical-edition.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). The Old English Rune Poem: A Critical Edition. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/the-old-english-rune-poem-a-critical-editionCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-the-old-english-rune-poem-a-critical-edi, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {The Old English Rune Poem: A Critical Edition}, year = {2026}, url = {https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/the-old-english-rune-poem-a-critical-edition}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXMaureen Halsall's critical edition works from the one surviving printed record of the Old English Rune Poem, since the manuscript itself, Cotton Otho B.x, was destroyed by fire in 1731 and the poem survives only through George Hickes's 1705 printing made before that loss. That the edition depends on a single, now-lost manuscript's sole surviving transcription is a real and stated limit on how confidently any specific reading can be checked against the original. Use it for the content of this specific rune poem, one of only three surviving rune poems and the only one known solely through a later printing rather than a surviving manuscript.FactsClaims Backed By This Source (439 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsCitationAuthorWell-attestedMaureen HalsallPublisherWell-attestedUniversity of Toronto PressPublication YearWell-attested1981URLWell-attestedhttps://utorontopress.com/9781487592684/the-old-english-rune-poem/Source TypeWell-attestedCritical editionAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested1A critical edition from a university press working from the one surviving printed record of the Old English Rune Poem, since the manuscript itself was destroyed by fire in 1731.NotesWell-attestedCritical edition with commentary. The Old English poem is one of only three rune poems, and the only one in a manuscript now lost (Cotton Otho B.x, burnt 1731); the text survives through George Hickes's 1705 printing.Claims Backed By This Source (439 claims)This source backs 439 claims across the atlas. As facts: 312 well-attested, 4 scholarly debate. As cited relationships: 65 holds. Plus 58 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicAnglo-Saxon Futhorc Runes, 283 claims: 187 well-attested, 4 scholarly debate, 63 holds, 29 general references.Runes, 96 claims: 72 well-attested, 24 general references.Articles, 37 claims: 36 well-attested, 1 general references.Esoteric Texts, 9 claims: 8 well-attested, 1 general references.Sources, 8 claims: 8 well-attested.Scripts & Magical Alphabets, 4 claims: 1 well-attested, 2 holds, 1 general references.Cultures, 1 claims: 1 general references.Languages, 1 claims: 1 general references.Well-attested312Anglo-Saxon Futhorc RunesAcAescBeorcCenDaegEarEhEohEolhEthelFeohGerGyfuHaeglIngIorIsLaguMannNydOsPeorthRadSigelThornTirUrWynnYrArticlesA Row That Grew Instead of ShrinkingAc in the Old English Rune PoemAesc in the Old English Rune PoemBeorc in the Old English Rune PoemCen in the Old English Rune PoemDaeg in the Old English Rune PoemEar, the Poem's Closing StanzaEh in the Old English Rune PoemEoh in the Old English Rune PoemEolh in the Old English Rune PoemEthel in the Old English Rune PoemFeoh in the Old English Rune PoemGer in the Old English Rune PoemGyfu in the Old English Rune PoemHaegl in the Old English Rune PoemIng in the Old English Rune PoemIor, the Poem's Second Great UncertaintyIs in the Old English Rune PoemLagu in the Old English Rune PoemMann in the Old English Rune PoemNyd in the Old English Rune PoemShowing 1 to 50 of 90 entities carrying this claim. NextScholarly debate4Anglo-Saxon Futhorc RunesEarEolhIorPeorthHolds65Anglo-Saxon Futhorc RunesAcAescBeorcCenDaegEarEhEohEolhEthelFeohGerGyfuHaeglIngIorIsLaguMannNydOsPeorthRadSigelThornTirUrWynnYrScripts & Magical AlphabetsAnglo-Saxon FuthorcGeneral References58Anglo-Saxon Futhorc RunesAcAescBeorcCenDaegEarEhEohEolhEthelFeohGerGyfuHaeglIngIorIsLaguMannNydOsPeorthRadSigelThornTirUrWynnYrArticlesWhat an Anglo-Saxon Futhorc Rune Entry CoversCulturesAnglo-SaxonsEsoteric TextsThe Old English Rune PoemLanguagesOld EnglishRunesAlgizAnsuzBerkanoDagazEhwazEihwazFehuGeboHagalazIngwazIsaJeraKenazLaguzMannazNauthizOthalaShowing 1 to 50 of 58 entities carrying this claim. NextComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? 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