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  The Lindisfarne Gospels - http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/sacredtexts/lindisfarne.html
An introduction to the manuscript and an explanation of its significance. From the British Library.
  Anglo-Saxon Law: Extracts From Early Laws of the English. - http://avalon.law.yale.edu/medieval/saxlaw.asp
Provides modern English translations of excerpts from important legal documents.
  Anglo-Saxon Dooms - http://www.constitution.org/sech/sech_.htm
Modern English translation of the laws of the Anglo-Saxon kings from Aethelberht (601-04) to Canute (1020-34).
  The Gospel of Luke - http://davies-linguistics.byu.edu/polyglot/
Old English version of Luke from the "Polyglot Bible" site. Allows comparison with translations of Luke in several languages and in several different stages of the English language. Includes full-text search capability.
  Old English Glossaries: Creating a Vernacular - http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/epc/chwp/healey/
Scholarly introduction to Old English glossaries. Covers the origin and purpose of OE glossaries, describes the different types of glossaries, and explains their relationship to later English dictionaries.
  St. Mary of Egypt - http://lib.uky.edu/ETD/ukyengl2001t00018/html/lcantara.htm
Linda Cantara's textual study of an Old English prose saint's life. Compares and contrasts two versions of the life and describes variant readings in three major categories: spelling, vocabulary, and syntax. Also touches on religious, cultural, and literary aspects of the life.
  Eadwine Psalter: Manuscript Image - http://www2.hawaii.edu/~kjolly/
Picture of besieged psalmist from the original in Trinity College, Cambridge MS R.17.1, fol. 66.
  Bede. Ecclesiastical History of the English People: the Story of Caedmon - http://www.ucalgary.ca/UofC/eduweb/engl401/texts/caedfram.htm
Old English text with words hot-linked to glossary. Includes illustration. At University of Calgary.
  The Paris Psalter - http://www.aug.edu/augusta/psalms/index.html
Edition of the prose portion of the Paris Psalter (Psalms 1-50) by Richard Stracke.
  Anglo-Saxon Charters Online - http://www.trin.cam.ac.uk/kemble/pelteret/2%20Index.htm
Contains the complete Old English or Latin texts of the charters in the British Academy "Anglo-Saxon Charters" series. Includes bibliographic information for each charter and translations of some charters.
  Bede. Ecclesiastical History of the English People: the Conversion of King Edwin - http://www.ucalgary.ca/UofC/eduweb/engl401/texts/edfram.htm
Old English text with words hot-linked to glossary.
  Anglo-Saxon Charters: the Electronic Sawyer - http://www.trin.cam.ac.uk/chartwww/eSawyer.99/eSawyer-intro.html
A catalog of extant Anglo-Saxon charters, based on the printed work by Peter Sawyer. Each entry summarizes the contents of the charter, lists the manuscripts that contain the charter, and cites any printed editions, translations, and commentaries.
  Lindisfarne Gospels: Manuscript Image - http://www.hf.ntnu.no/engelsk/staff/johannesson/!oemac/texts/oedial/aldred.htm
This detail from an ornamented page in the Lindisfarne Gospels clearly shows the continuous Old English glosses above the Latin words.
  The Blickling Homilies - http://www.yorku.ca/inpar/Blickling_Morris.pdf
Modern English translation by R. Morris.
  Bede. Ecclesiastical History of the English People: the Story of Caedmon - http://www.english.ox.ac.uk/oecoursepack/caedmon/index.html
Hypertext edition. Includes Old English text with running glossary and notes, reading list, modern English translation, contextual information, and electronic resources.
  Blickling Homily X : The End of This World Is Near - http://www.apocalyptic-theories.com/literature/blicklingx/blicklingx.html
Old English text and modern English translation by R. Morris.
  The Gospel of Matthew - http://home.comcast.net/~modean52/oeme_texts_bible_nt_matthew_excerpts.htm
Three excerpts from Old English version of Matthew: 13:24-30, 18:23-24, and 25:1-12.
  Eadwine Psalter: Old English Glosses of the Psalms - http://wordhord.org/nasb/eadwine.html
Old English glosses of the Latin words of the Psalms. Work in progress.
  Lindisfarne, Rushworth, and West Saxon Glosses - http://www.bartleby.com/211/0707.html
Describes the continuous Old English glosses of Latin words in the Lindisfarne and Rushworth Gospels. Also covers the complete Old English translation known as the West-Saxon Gospels.
  Bede. Ecclesiastical History of the English People: the Story of Caedmon - http://faculty.virginia.edu/OldEnglish/anthology/caedmon.html
Old English text with words hot-linked to glossary. At University of Virginia.
  The Laws of Aethelberht: a Student Edition - http://www.oenewsletter.org/OEN/essays.php?file=essays/oliver38_1.txt
Lisi Oliver's complete edition of the laws, the oldest text in Old English, probably recorded between 597 and 604. Includes introduction, historical background, overview of manuscript and chronological layering, the original Old English text, textual notes, and glossary.
  The Gospel of Mark - http://wordhord.org/nasb/mark-ws.html
Old English version of Mark. Table of contents is a set of hyperlinks to each "scene" in Mark.
  The Gospel of Luke - http://wordhord.org/nasb/luke-ws.html
Old English version of Luke.
  Acts in Old English: Selections - http://wordhord.org/nasb/Acts-Compilation.pdf
A compilation of quotations from the Acts of the Apostles by Old English prose writers.
  The Gospel of John - http://wordhord.org/nasb/john.html
Old English version of John. Work in progress.
  The Gospel of Matthew - http://wordhord.org/nasb/James%20W.%20Bright%20-%20The%20Gospel%20of%20Saint%20Matthew%20-%201904.pdf
Old English version of Matthew. Work in progress.

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