Stephen Pollington Knihy

If you want to teach yourself Anglo-Saxon / Old English this is the book for you! A complete, well presented and easy to use Old English language course which contains all the exercises and texts needed to learn Old English. This course has been designed to be of help to a wide range of students, from those who are teaching themselves at home, to undergraduates who are learning Old English as part of their English degree course. Anglo-Saxon Scholar Stephen Pollington is aware that individuals have different aptitudes for learning languages and that many have difficulty with grammar. To help overcome these problems, he has adopted a step by step approach that enables students of differing abilities to advance at their own pace. The course includes practice exercises.

A comprehensive and detailed examination of every aspect of the early English approach to illness and healing, including a full list of the plants used and the properties they contain. Other themes include witchcraft, magic and paganism and appendices present healing theories, amulets, causes of disease, charms, dreams, omens and tree-lore. Three key Old English texts are reproduced in full, accompanied by new translations: Bald's Third Leechbook, the Lacnunga Manuscript, and 'The Old English Herbarium' Manuscript 5. This is a fascinating work of reference, packed full of information and interesting details.

Exploring the multifaceted nature of Woden (Odin), this book compiles extensive written and archaeological evidence spanning over a millennium. It presents a comprehensive analysis of the god's various roles, including warlord, healer, and kingmaker. By integrating recent literary interpretations and discoveries, Pollington sheds new light on the origins and evolution of this complex figure associated with war, magic, death, and wisdom, offering readers a deeper understanding of his significance in history and mythology.

This little volume provides a useful introduction and guide to the ancient runes of the Germanic peoples. It discusses the origins and meaning of all the known runes, and includes text and translations of rune poems and riddles from England, Norway amd Iceland, as well as two short essays on `The Norfolk TIW runes' and `The Brandon runes'.

French Text: There are not many books on runes in French. Since Lucien Musset's introduction to runology of 1955 very little has been published on this important and rich subject. This current volume hopes to provide an analysis and further understanding of the various strands of research on North European Runes. The author looks at current analysis of runic inscriptions and provides a new one of his own. He outlines the principle epigraphic sources of old Fubark of the Germanic Iron Age, placing them in their historic context. Also provided are analyses of Alu, Lauraz and Ota inscriptions. Understanding of these inscriptions also helps our comprehension of the mentality of these ancient Germans. The author, Stephen Pollington is best-known for his many books and articles on ancient Northern Europe. First published in English in 2016 this new French edition also has added new previously unpublished entries on recent French discoveries.

This dictionary and thesaurus makes accessible the core vocabulary relating to Anglo-Saxon life and culture. Words in the dictionary are encoded for easy cross-reference to the thesaurus which has over fifty headings, such as art, church, evil, kin, time, warfare, wealth and so on.