Andreas (The Sang O Sanct Andro) and The Weirds O the Apostles

Hardback Published on: 21/09/2024; Language: Scots, English, Old (ca. 450-1100)
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Synopsis

Twa o the auldest bardries in the English tung, Andreas (Andro) and ?a Wyrda ?ara Apostola (The Weirds o the Apostles) is here owersetten, for the first time, intil Scots verse. Thir poems, or nou scarcelins kent tae onybody bar scholars o Anglo-Saxon leiteratuir, kythes nou in the mither tung and in verse akin tae the auncient Germanic meter. Ilka frein o the Lawland tung will walcome this mauchty eikin till its letter-huird.
Corpus Textuum Scoticorum is a series pittin furth edeitions o leid and leiteratuir o especial interest tae Scotland. The series is maistlins, but no aa and haill, devote tae volumes wi a beirin on the Scots and Scottish Gaelic leids.

Publisher information

  • Publisher: Evertype
  • ISBN: 9781782013204
  • Number of pages: 246
  • Dimensions: 220 x 140 x 18 mm
  • Weight: 442g
  • Languages: Scots, English, Old (ca. 450-1100)