Anonymous Old English Homilies and Expanded Forms

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It is widely acknowledged that there are approximately 124 anonymous Old English homilies in the Old English corpus. In this paper, all the examples of the Old English expanded forms observed in the 124 anonymous Old English homilies are presented, and their functions are examined. Previous studies by Mosse (1938), Nickel (1966), and Raith (1951) have already examined the two well-known Old English homiletic collections, namely, Blickling Homilies and Vercelli Homilies. However, as yet, all the instances of expanded forms in the 124 anonymous homilies have not yet been exhaustively examined. First, we come across 254 examples in these prose works, and HomM exhibits the highest frequency. In addition, we notice a complete lack of expanded forms in several Pseudo-Wulfstan homilies edited by Napier. Finally, we note that the Old English expanded forms have been frequently used in the Vision of St. Paul and its related works as well as in the scene of The Last Judgment.

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