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THE OLD ENGLISH LIFE OF MACHUTUS the old english life of m achutus edited by DAVID YERKES published in association with The Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Toronto by University of Toronto Press Toronto Buffalo London © University of Toronto Press 1984 Toronto Buffalo London Printed in Canada ISBN 0-8020-5626-1 Canadian Cataloguing in Publication Data Bili, 9th cent. [Vita Sancti Machutis. Latin & Old English) The Old English Life of Machutus (Toronto Old English series, ISSN 0821-4298 ; 9) By Bili, a deacon of the 9th century. Text in Latin and Old English, with notes in English. Bibliography: p. xi Includes indexes. ISBN 0-8020-5626-1 I. Malo, Saint, d. ca. 621. 2. Christian saints- France - Biography. I. Yerkes, David, 1950- II. University of Toronto. Centre for Medieval Studies. III. Title. IV. Title: The Old English Life of Machutus. V. Series. BR1720.M273B5413 1983 281’.4’0924 C83-098371-6 This book has been published with the help of a grant from the Publications Fund of University of Toronto Press. contents GENERAL EDITOR’S PREFACE vü ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix BIBLIOGRAPHY xi SIGNS AND ABBREVIATIONS xxiii INTRODUCTION xxv History and Description of the Old English Manuscript xxvii The Latin Source xxxiii Language, Date, and Place of Origin of the Translation xxxvi Format of the Edition xliii THE OLD ENGLISH TEXT AND ITS LATIN SOURCE 1 OLD ENGLISH GLOSSARY 109 INDEX OF LATIN WORDS 167 INDEX OF MANUSCRIPTS AND ANNOTATED PRINTED BOOKS 186 toronto old english series General Editor Editorial Board ROBERTA FRANK P.A.M. CLEMOES J.E. CROSS H. GNEUSS J.F. LEYERLE M.B. PARKES E G. STANLEY 1 Computers and Old English Concordances edited by Angus Cameron, Roberta Frank, and John Leyerle 2 A Plan for the Dictionary o f Old English edited by Roberta Frank and Angus Cameron 3 The Stowe Psalter edited by Andrew C. Kimmens 4 The Two Versions of Wærferth's Translation o f Gregory’s Dialogues: An Old English Thesaurus David Yerkes 5 Vercelli Homilies IX-XXIII edited by Paul E. Szarmach 6 The Dating o f Beowulf edited by Colin Chase 7 Eleven Old English Rogationtide Homilies edited by Joyce Bazire and James E. Cross 8 Old English Word Studies: A Preliminary Author and Word Index Angus Cameron, Allison Kingsmill, and Ashley Crandell Amos 9 The Old English Life o f Machutus edited by David Yerkes general editor’s preface The Toronto Old English Series, an offshoot of the Dictionary of Old English project, has three reasons for existence. The first is to publish Old English texts not yet in print, in order to provide citations for the Dictionary. The second is to replace editions whose treatment of the text is unsatisfactory for dictionary use. The third is to provide bibliographies, semantic studies, and other tools useful for the Dictionary. The present volume contains the first reliable edition of an Old English translation of Dili’s ninth-century Vita Sancti Machutis. Little is known for certain about this saint, whose name - commemorated in the French port of Saint-Malo on the English Channel — is a household word from Manitoba (in Saint Malo on the Rat River) to the Falklands (les Iles Malouines). According to one witness, Machutus was able to kindle dead cinders by the warmth of his zeal; in a comparable way, David Yerkes has breathed new life into the charred remains of the Old English text, twenty-eight folios of which survived the Ashbumham House conflagration of 1731. The General Editor wishes to thank the Editorial Board of the series, as well as Angus Cameron and Ashley Crandell Amos, Co-editors of the Dictio nary of Old English, for their continuing support. My greatest debt is owed once again to Anna Burko, who copy-edited the manuscript and typed the camera-ready copy with unmatched ardour and craftsmanship. R.F. March 1983
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