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Old English Readings

Please see links to various readings in the menu, including:

Aelfsige – A Taste of Old English

The Battle of Maldon

Deor

Anglo-Saxon Medical Manuscripts

Regional versions of Lord’s Prayer

An evening of poetry at Jarrow Hall [readings of Cædmon’s Hymn, Wulf and Eadwacer, The Ruin]

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