Anglo-Saxon England, 9

The Old English Lives of St Martin of Tours

“…[but] some also deplored that they had not done anything similar, 75 since they, without nakedness, might have helped him better. [ SVM 6,2] "Wherever you go, or whatever you begin, the devil shall be your adversary!…”

“…75 It was to serve two purposes: the "one is reading aloud in church, the other private devotional reading" (Kelly 2003: xxv). In the Latin preface, AElfric speaks of legentium vel audientium ('reader or listener'), but the twofold purpose is also evident from the homily on Job, which has "Gif hwilc gelaered man þas race oferraede, oððe raedan gehyre".…”

“…199f. and 204. He names the personification of the river Loire in Tours, as "Zeuge der von dem Heiligen gewirkten Wunder (6,(71)(72)(73)(74)(75)(76)(77)(78)(79)" ('witness to the saint's performed miracles') as examples in Paulinus. In this, Vielberg discovers the influence of the Roman (pagan) author Claudian (ca.…”

“…However, if regarded simply as two main sentences (without punctus, as occurs frequently in C), it is not necessarily a mistake. 75 An odd spelling for dagas ('days'), cf. GrSB §289 (1); cf.…”