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Title: Andreas: The Legend of St. Andrew
Author: Unknown
Release Date: March 1, 2005 [EBook #15225]
Language: English
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YALE STUDIES IN ENGLISH
ALBERT S. COOK, EDITOR
VII
ANDREAS:
THE LEGEND OF ST. ANDREW
TRANSLATED FROM THE OLD ENGLISH
BY
ROBERT KILBURN ROOT
NEW YORK
HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY
1899
ERRATA.
p. IV. For _Angelsächsen_ read Angelsachsen.
p. V. " Fritsche " Fritzsche.
p. IX. " homilest " homilist.
p. 18, 1. 550. " has " hast.
p. 27, 1. 835. " 'Till " Till.
P. 57. " Siever's " Sievers'.
PREFACE
It is always a somewhat hardy undertaking to attempt the translation of poetry, for such a translation will at the best be but a shadow of that which it would fain represent. Yet I trust that even an imperfect rendering of one of the best of the Old English poems will in some measure contrib