Early English Poetic Culture and Meter FESTSCHRIFTEN, OCCASIONAL PAPERS, AND LECTURES Volume XXV Medieval Institute Publications is a program of The Medieval Institute, College of Arts and Sciences Early English Poetic Culture and Meter The Influence of G. R. Russom Edited by M. J. Toswell and Lindy Brady Festschriften, Occasional Papers, and Lectures MEDIEVAL INSTITUTE PUBLICATIONS Western Michigan University Kalamazoo Copyright © 2016 by the Board of Trustees of Western Michigan University Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Toswell, M. J., editor. | Brady, Lindy, editor. Title: Early English poetic culture and meter : the influence of G. R. Russom / Edited By M. J. Toswell and Lindy Brady. Description: Kalamazoo : Medieval Institute Publications, Western Michigan University, 2016. | Series: Studies in medieval and early modern culture | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2016032463| ISBN 9781580442428 (paperbound : alk. paper) | ISBN 9781580442435 (eISBN) Subjects: LCSH: English poetry--Old English, ca. 450-1100--History and criticism. | English poetry--Old English, ca. 450-1100--Versification. | Russom, Geoffrey. Classification: LCC PR203 .E37 2016 | DDC 829/.1009--dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016032463 ISBN: 9781580442428 eISBN: 9781580442435 All rights reserved. Without limiting the rights under copyright reserved above, no part of this book may be reproduced, stored in, or introduced into a retrieval system, or trans- mitted, in any form, or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise) without the written permission of both the copyright owner and the author of the book. Every effort has been made to obtain permission to use all copyrighted illustrations reproduced in this book. Nonetheless, whosoever believes to have rights to this material is advised to contact the publisher. Geoffrey Richard Russom This page intentionally left blank. Contents Foreword ix Thomas Cable Introduction 1 Lindy Brady and M. J. Toswell Secg betsta and ðegn betstan: A Reconsideration of the Short Verses in Beowulf 9 Jun Terasawa Particle Verses in Old English and Eddic Poetry 21 R. D. Fulk Old English Verse Punctuation and Linguistic Theory 39 Daniel Donoghue Boars and the Geats in Beowulf 61 Lindy Brady New Applications for Word-Foot Theory 73 Megan E. Hartman The Old English Metrical Psalms: Practice and Theory of Translation 93 Haruko Momma viii CONTENTS Polyptoton in Old English Texts 111 M. J. Toswell Confessio et Oratio: An Unrecognized Old English Confessional Poem 131 Thomas A. Bredehoft Alliterative Meter after 1450: The Vision of William Banastre 149 Eric Weiskott Publications of Geoffrey Richard Russom 181