The Proverbs of Alfred: Re-Edited From the Manuscripts, With an Introduction, Notes, and Glossary (Classic Reprint)

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The Proverbs of Alfred have already been published four times, and a new edition may therefore seem super fluous. But at the time when I undertook this piece of work, there existed only three editions, and these were of such a nature as to render a new one desirable, particularly as regards the Trinity ms. Then recently recovered. In 1900 I submitted to the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Lund, as part of the treatise for my Licentiate Exami nation, the text of the above-mentioned ms. The pressure of my teaching duties has since then prevented me from completing this piece of work until now and has also de layed the printing. When Professor Skeat's edition came to my notice last year, the work had advanced so far, that part of it was already in type. The critical examination of his edition has further retarded the publication of this dissertation.

I here beg to take the Opportunity of expressing my sincere gratitude to my former teacher, Professor Dr. Ernst A. Kock of the University of Lund, for valuable advice and for the encouragement he has given me during the progress of my studies.

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