The Three Temptations and the Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit in ‘Guthlac A,’ 160b–169
In the Old English poem Guthlac A, after Guthlac has taken possession of the beorg, the poet catalogues the temptations the saint has overcome: Oft ϸurh reorde abead ϸam ϸe ϸrowera ϸeawas lufedon Godes ærendu ϸa him gæst onwrah lifes snyttru, ϸæt he his lichoman wynna forwyrnde 7 woruldblissa, seftr...
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Cambridge University Press
1982
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Traditio
Year: 1982, Volume: 38, Pages: 341-343 |
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| Summary: | In the Old English poem Guthlac A, after Guthlac has taken possession of the beorg, the poet catalogues the temptations the saint has overcome: Oft ϸurh reorde abead ϸam ϸe ϸrowera ϸeawas lufedon Godes ærendu ϸa him gæst onwrah lifes snyttru, ϸæt he his lichoman wynna forwyrnde 7 woruldblissa, seftra setla 7 symbeldaga, swylce eac idelra eagena wynna, gierelan gielplices: him waes Godes egsa mara in gemyndum ϸonne he menniscum ϸrymme æfter ϸonce ϸegan wolde. (160b-169) |
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| ISSN: | 2166-5508 |
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0362152900009491 |