B. = Bouterwek;
C. = Cook;
Gm. = Grimm;
Gn. = Grein;
K. = Kemble;
Kl. = Kluge;
Kr. = Körner;
S. = Sievers;
Sw. = Sweet;
Th. = Thorpe;
W. = Wülker;
Z. = Zupitza;
Zl. = Zernial.




CYNEWULF'S ELENE.


I.

Whén had elapsed in course of years
Two hundred and three, reckoned by number,
And thirty alsó, in measure of time,
Of winters for th' world, since mighty God
Became incarnate, of kings the Glory, 5
Upón mid-earth in human form,