BENEDEIT The Anglo-Norman voyage of St Brendan BENEDEIT The Anglo-Norman voyage of St Brendan edited by IAN SHORT Westfield College University of London and BRIAN MERRILEES Victoria College University of Toronto MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY PRESS © Manchester University Press 1979 All rights reserved First published 1979 by Manchester University Press Oxford Road Manchester M13 9PL British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Benedeit The Anglo-Norman ‘Voyage of St Brendan’. I. Title II. Short, Ian h.1939 III. Merrilees, Brian S IV. Voyage of St Brendan 841'.1 PR1834.B/ ISBN 0-7190-0735-6 Phototypeset in V.I.P. Times by Western Printing Services Ltd, Bristol Printed in Great Britain by The Pitman Press, Bath. Contents Preface page vii Introduction The legend of St Brendan 1 Benedeit’s version 4 Manuscripts 6 Versification 8 Language 10 The Anglo-Norman poem 16 Establishment of the text 22 Short titles and abbreviations 27 TEXT 30 Notes to the text 80 Glossary 95 Index of proper names 135