Deor

Titre:	Aucun titr dans le ms.; Deor the scald's complaint (titre dans l'éd. Thorpe); Deor; The lament of Deor; Deor's Klage
Date:	X^e siècle
Langue:	Anglais
Genre:
Forme:	42 vers
Contenu:
Incipit:	Welund him be wurman wræces cunnade, anhydig eorl earfoþa dreag, hæfde him to gesiþþe sorge ond longaþ, wintercealde wræce; wean oft onfond…
Explicit:	… Ahte ic fela wintra folgað tilne, holdne hlaford, oþþæt Heorrenda nu, leoðcræftig monn londryht geþah, þæt me eorla hleo ær gesealde. þæs ofereode, þisses swa mæg!

Manuscrits

Exeter, Cathedral Library, 3501, f. 100r-v [⇛ Description]

Éditions anciennes

Éditions modernes

Conybeare, John Josias, Illustrations of Anglo-Saxon Poetry, edited, together with additional notes, introductory notices, etc. by his brother William Daniel Conybeare, London, Harding and Lepard, 1826, (viii) + xcvi + 287 p. (ici p. 235-244) [GB] [IA: ex. 1, ex. 2]
Réimpression:
- New York, Haskell House, 1964
Édition et traductions anglaise et latine.
Codex Exoniensis. A Collection of Anglo-Saxon Poetry, from a Manuscript in the Library of the Dean and Chapter of Exeter, with an English translation, notes and indexes, by Benjamin Thorpe, London, Pickering for The Society of Antiquaries of London, 1842, xvi + 546 p. (ici p. 377-379) [GB] [IA]
Bibliothek der angelsächsischen Poesie begründet von C. W. M. Grein. Neu bearbeitet, vermehrt und nach eignen Lesungen der Handschriften herausgegeben von Richard Paul Wülcker, Kassel, Wigand, 1883-1898, 5 t. (ici t. 1, p. 278-280) [GB: t. 1, t. 2, t. 3] [IA: t. 1, t. 2, t. 3]
Éditions antérieures:
- Bibliothek der angelsächsischen Poesie in kritisch bearbeiteten Texten und mit vollständigem Glossar herausgegeben von C. W. M. Grein, Göttingen, Wigand, 1857-1864, 4 t. [GB: t. 1, t. 2, t. 3, t. 4] [IA: t. 1, t. 2, t. 3, t. 4]
- Bibliothek der angelsächsischen Poesie begründet von C. W. M. Grein. Neu bearbeitet, vermehrt und nach eignen Lesungen der Handschriften herausgegeben von Richard Paul Wülcker. I. Band — 1. Hälfte, Kassel, Wigand, 1881, vii + 422 p. + [4] p. de pl. [GB] [IA]
- Bibliothek der angelsächsischen Poesie begründet von C. W. M. Grein. Neu bearbeitet, vermehrt und nach eignen Lesungen der Handschriften herausgegeben von Richard Paul Wülcker. II. Band — 1. Hälfte, Kassel, Wigand, 1888, vi + 210 p. [GB] [IA]
- Bibliothek der angelsächsischen Poesie begründet von C. W. M. Grein. Neu bearbeitet, vermehrt und nach eignen Lesungen der Handschriften herausgegeben von Richard Paul Wülcker. III. Band — 1. Hälfte, Kassel, Wigand, 1897, [vii] + 248 p. [GB] [IA]
Runic and Heroic Poems of the Old Teutonic Peoples, edited by Bruce Dickins, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1915, xi + 92 p. (ici p. 70-77) [GB] [HT] [IA]
Beowulf, edited, wih introduction, bibliography, notes, glossary, and appendices by W. J. Sedgefield. Second edition, revised and partly re-written, Manchester, Manchester University Press, 1918, liii + 272 p. (ici p. 107-108) [GB] [IA]
Édition antérieure:
- Beowulf, edited, wih introduction, bibliography, notes, glossary, and appendices by W. J. Sedgefield. Second edition, revised and partly re-written, Manchester, Manchester University Press (Publications of the University of Manchester. English Series, 2), 1913, liii + 272 p. [GB] [IA]
Kleines angelsächsisches Dichterbuch. Lyrik und Heldenepos. Texte und Textproben mit kurzen Einleitungen und ausführlichem Wörterbuch von Levin L. Schücking. Wörterbuch und Mitwirkung von Clara Schwarze, Cöthen, Schulze, 1919, viii + 192 p. (ici p. 27-32) [GB] [HT] [IA]
The Exeter Book Part Two, London, Oxford University Press (Early English Text Society. Original Series), 1933.
The Exeter Book, éd. George Philip Krapp et Elliot Van Kirk Dobbie, New York, Columbia University Press (The Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records, 3), 1936.
Seven Old English Poems. Cædmon's Hymn, The Battle of Brunanburh, The Dream of the Rood, The Battle of Maldon, The Wanderer, The Seafarer, Deor. Edited, with commentary and glossary by John C. Pope, Indianapolis et New York, Bobbs-Merrill (The Library of Literature), 1966, xiii + 213 p. [IA: ex. 1, ex. 2]
Réimpression:
- New York, Norton (A Norton paperback), 1981, x + 227 p.
The Exeter Anthology of Old English Poetry, éd. Bernard J. Muir, Revised 2nd Edition, Exeter, University of Exeter Press, 2000, 2 t.
Beowulf on Steorarume (Beowulf in Cyberspace): a new critical electronic edition of the text, based on an examination of the original MS with supplementary texts including The Fight at Finnsburh, Waldere, Deor, Woden's Nine Herbs Charm, Bede's account of Cædmon edited and translated by Benjamin Slade. [www]

Traductions modernes

en anglais:
- Conybeare 1826 (voir sous Éditions modernes)
- Thorpe 1842 (voir sous Éditions modernes)
- The Oldest English Epic, Beowulf, Finnsburg, Waldere, Deor, Widsith, and the German Hildebrand, translated in the original metres with introduction and notes by Francis G. Gummere, New York, MacMillan, 1914, ix + 203 p. [GB] [HT] [IA]
  Éditions antérieures:
  - The Oldest English Epic, Beowulf, Finnsburg, Waldere, Deor, Widsith, and the German Hildebrand, translated in the original metres with introduction and notes by Francis G. Gummere, New York, MacMillan, 1909, ix + 203 p. [GB] [HT] [IA]
  - The Oldest English Epic, Beowulf, Finnsburg, Waldere, Deor, Widsith, and the German Hildebrand, translated in the original metres with introduction and notes by Francis G. Gummere, New York, MacMillan, 1910, ix + 203 p. [GB] [IA]
  Réimpressions:
  - The Oldest English Epic, Beowulf, Finnsburg, Waldere, Deor, Widsith, and the German Hildebrand, translated in the original metres with introduction and notes by Francis G. Gummere, New York, MacMillan, 1922, ix + 203 p. [GB] [IA]
  - The Oldest English Epic, Beowulf, Finnsburg, Waldere, Deor, Widsith, and the German Hildebrand, translated in the original metres with introduction and notes by Francis G. Gummere, New York, MacMillan, 1923, ix + 203 p. [GB] [IA]
  - The Oldest English Epic, Beowulf, Finnsburg, Waldere, Deor, Widsith, and the German Hildebrand, translated in the original metres with introduction and notes by Francis G. Gummere, New York, MacMillan, 1925, ix + 203 p. [IA]
  - The Oldest English Epic, Beowulf, Finnsburg, Waldere, Deor, Widsith, and the German Hildebrand, translated in the original metres with introduction and notes by Francis G. Gummere, New York, MacMillan, 1927, ix + 203 p. [IA]
  - 1938
- Dickins 1915 (voir sous Éditions modernes)
- Widsith, Beowulf, Finnsburgh, Waldere, Deor, done into common English after the old manner by Charles Scott Moncrieff with an introduction by Viscount Northcliffe, London, Chapman and Hall, 1921, xxvii + 127 p. [GB] [IA: ex. 1, ex. 2]
  Édition antérieure:
  - The Song of Roland, done into English, in the original measure by Charles Scott Moncrieff with an introduction by G. K. Chesterton and a note on technique by George Saintsbury, London, Chapman and Hall, 1919, xxii + 131 p. [IA]
- Select Translations from Old English Poetry, edited by Albert S. Cook and Chauncey B. Tinker. Revised edition, Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 1935, xi + 195 p. (ici p. 58-60) [HT] [IA]
  Éditions antérieures:
  - Select Translations from Old English Poetry, edited with prefatory notes and indexes by Albert S. Cook and Chauncey B. Tinker, Boston, Ginn, 1902, xi + 195 p. [GB] [IA: ex. 1, ex. 2]
  - Select Translations from Old English Poetry, edited by Albert S. Cook and Chauncey B. Tinker. Revised edition, Boston, Ginn, 1926, xi + 195 p. [GB] [IA]
  Traduction partielle.
- Anglo-Saxon Poetry, selected and translated by Professor R. K. Gordon. Revised edition, London, Dent; New York, Dutton (Everyman's Library, 794), 1954, xiv + 334 p. (ici p. 71-72)
  Éditions antérieures:
  - Anglo-Saxon Poetry, selected and translated by Professor R. K. Gordon, London et Toronto, Dent; New York, Dutton (Everyman's Library, 794; Poetry and Drama), 1926, xvi + 367 p. [HT] [IA]
  - Anglo-Saxon Poetry, selected and translated by Professor R. K. Gordon, London et Toronto, Dent; New York, Dutton (Everyman's Library, 794; Poetry and Drama), 1930, xvi + 367 p. [IA]
  - 1934
  - Anglo-Saxon Poetry, selected and translated by Professor R. K. Gordon, London et Toronto, Dent; New York, Dutton (Everyman's Library, 794; Poetry and Drama), 1937, xvi + 367 p. [IA]
  - 1950
  Réimpressions:
  - Anglo-Saxon Poetry, selected and translated by Professor R. K. Gordon. Revised edition, London, Dent; New York, Dutton (Everyman's Library, 794), 1957, xiv + 334 p. [IA]
  - Anglo-Saxon Poetry, selected and translated by Professor R. K. Gordon. Revised edition, London, Dent; New York, Dutton (Everyman's Library, 794), 1962, xiv + 334 p. [IA]
  - 1964
  - Anglo-Saxon Poetry, selected and translated by Professor R. K. Gordon. Revised edition, London, Dent; New York, Dutton (Everyman's Library, 794), 1967, xiv + 334 p. [IA]
  - 1970
  - Anglo-Saxon Poetry, selected and translated by Professor R. K. Gordon. Revised edition, London, Melbourne et Toronto, Dent; New York, Dutton (Everyman's Library, 794), 1977, xiv + 334 p. [IA]
- Early English Poetry, translated by Charles W. Kennedy, New York, Oxford University Press, 1961.
- Anglo-Saxon Poetry: An Anthology of Old English Poems in Prose Translation, with introduction and headnotes by S. A. J. Bradley, London, Dent (Everyman's Library, 1794), 1982, xxvi + 559 p. — Réimpr.: 1995; 2000.
- Beowulf and Other Old English Poems, edited and translated by Craig Williamson; with a foreword by Tom Shippey, Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Press (The Middle Ages Series), 2011, xxxi + 256 p. (ici p. 138-141) ISBN: 9780812243451
en espagnol:
- Breve antología anglosajona, trad. Jorge Luis Borges y María Kodama, Santiago de Chile, Ediciones La ciudad, 1978, 46 p.
en latin:
- Conybeare 1826 (voir sous Éditions modernes)

Études

Banerjee, Jacqueline, « Deor: the refrain », The Explicator, 42:2, 1984, p. 4-7.
Biggs, Frederick M., « Deor's threatened "blame poem" », Studies in Philology, 94:3, 1997, p. 297-320.
Bolton, W. F., « Boethius, Alfred, and Deor again », Modern Philology, 69:3, 1972, p. 222-227.
Condren, Edward I., « Deor's artistic triumph », Studies in Philology, 78:5, 1981, p. 62-76.
Eliason, Norman, « The story of Geat and Mæðhild in Deor », Studies in Philology, 62, 1965, p. 497-500.
Eliason, Norman E., « Two Old English scop poems », Publications of the Modern Language Association of America, 81, 1966, p. 187.
Erickson, John, « The Deor genitives », Archivum linguisticum, n. s., 6, 1975, p. 77-84.
Frankis, P. J., « Deor and Wulf and Eadwacer: some conjectures », Medium Ævum, 31:3, 1962, p. 161-175.
Gautier, Alban, Beowulf au paradis. Figures de bons païens dans l'Europe du Nord au haut Moyen Âge, Paris, Éditions de la Sorbonne (Histoire ancienne et médiévale, 149), 2017, 793 p. DOI: 10.4000/books.psorbonne.29157 ISBN: 9791035100414, 9791035101336
Harris, Joseph, « Deor and its refrain: preliminaries to an interpretation », Traditio, 43, 1987, p. 23-53.
Kaske, R., « Weland and the wurmas in Deor », English Studies, 44, 1963, p. 190-191. DOI: 10.1080/00138386308597170
Kiernan, Kevin S., « Deor: the consolations of an Anglo-Saxon Boethius », Neuphilologische Mitteilungen, 79:4, 1978, p. 333-340.
Langeslag, Paul S., « Boethian similitude in Deor and The Wanderer », Neuphilologische Mitteilungen, 109:2, 2008, p. 205–222.
Lawrence, William Witherle, « The song of Deor », Modern Philology, 9, 1912, p. 23-45.
Mandel, Jerome, « Exemplum and refrain: the meaning of Deor », Yearbook of English Studies, 7, 1977, p. 1-9.
Markland, Murray F., « Boethius, Alfred, and Deor », Modern Philology, 66:1, 1968, p. 1-4.
Norman, Frederick, « Deor: a criticism and an interpretation », The Modern Language Review, 32, 1937, p. 374-378.
Norman, Frederick, « Problems in the dating of Deor and its allusions », Franciplegius: Medieval and Linguistic Studies in Honor of Francis Peabody Mngoun, Jr., New York, 1965, p. 205-213.
North, Richard, « "Jeux d'esprit" in Deor: Geat and Mæðhild », Amsterdamer Beiträge zur älteren Germanistik, 27, 1988, p. 11-24.
North, Richard, « King Æthelwulf and the Goths in Deor », Amsterdamer Beiträge zur älteren Germanistik, 40, 1994, p. 7-20.
Schipper, J., « Zum Codex Exoniensis », Germania, 19, 1874, p. 327-338. [GB] [HT] [IA: ex. 1, ex. 2, ex. 3]
Timmer, B. J., « The elegiac mood in Old English poetry », English Studies, 24, 1942, p. 33-44.
Tuggle, Thomas T., « The structure of Deor », Studies in Philology, 74:3, 1977, p. 229-242. [jstor.org]
Tupper, Frederick, « The Song of Deor », Modern Philology, 9, 1911, p. 265-267.
Whitbread, L., « The third section of Deor », Modern Philology, 38:4, 1940-1941, p. 371-384. [jstor.org]
Whitbread, L., « The pattern of misfortune in Deor and other Old English poems », Neophilologus, 54:1, 1970, p. 167-183. DOI: 10.1007/bf01514700

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