The Texts of the York Poetry Corpus

The text files of the York Poetry Corpus are labelled with their Helsinki Corpus name. All files begin with the prefix 'co', and have the extension '.psd'.

The York Poetry Corpus files in alphabetic order are listed below. The primary source(s) of the Helsinki Corpus are listed first, and then the secondary source(s) used as reference during the process of annotation.

coandrea.psd. Primary source: THE VERCELLI BOOK. THE ANGLO-SAXON POETIC RECORDS, II. ED. G. P. KRAPP. NEW YORK: COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1932. PP. 3.1 - 12.348 (SAMPLE 1). PP. 29.950 - 37.1242 (SAMPLE 2). PP. 44.1478 - 51.1722 (SAMPLE 3). Secondary source: Andreas and the Fates of the Apostles, ed. G. P. Krapp, Boston, MA: Ginn, 1906. Word count: 4860.

cobeowul.psd. Primary source: BEOWULF AND JUDITH. THE ANGLO-SAXON POETIC RECORDS, IV. ED. E. V. K. DOBBIE. NEW YORK: COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1953. PP. 3.1 - 98.3182. Secondary source: Beowulf: An Edition with Relevant Shorter Texts, ed. B. Mitchell and F. C. Robinson, Oxford and Cambridge, MA: Blackwell, 1998. Word count: 17310.

cobrunan.psd. Primary source: THE ANGLO-SAXON MINOR POEMS. THE ANGLO-SAXON POETIC RECORDS, VI. ED. E. V. K. DOBBIE. NEW YORK: COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1942. PP. 16.1 - 20.73. Secondary source: The Battle of Brunanburh, ed. A. Campbell, London: William Heinemann, 1938. Word count: 370.

cochrist.psd. Primary source: THE EXETER BOOK. THE ANGLO-SAXON POETIC RECORDS, III. ED. G. P. KRAPP AND E. V. K. DOBBIE. NEW YORK: COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1936. PP. 3.1 - 15.439 (SAMPLE 1). PP. 15.440 - 27.866 (SAMPLE 2). PP. 27.867 - 33.1080. (SAMPLE 3). Secondary source: The Advent Lyrics of the Exeter Book, ed. J. J. Campbell, Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1959. Word count: 6130.

cocynew.psd. Primary sources: (1) THE VERCELLI BOOK. THE ANGLO-SAXON POETIC RECORDS, II. ED. G. P. KRAPP. NEW YORK: COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1932. PP. 51.1 - 54.122 (FATES OF APOSTLES). PP. 66.1 - 102.1321 (ELENE). (2) THE EXETER BOOK. THE ANGLO-SAXON POETIC RECORDS, III. ED. G. P. KRAPP AND E. V. K. DOBBIE. NEW YORK: COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1936. PP. 113.1 - 133.731 (JULIANA). Secondary sources: (1) Andreas and the Fates of the Apostles, ed. G. P. Krapp, Boston, MA: Ginn, 1906. (2) Cynewulf's Elene, ed. P. O. E. Gradon, London: Methuen, 1958. (3) The Juliana of Cynewulf, ed. W. Strunk, Boston and London: D. C. Heath, 1904. Word count: 670 + 7310 + 4130 = 12,110.

codream.psd. Primary source: THE VERCELLI BOOK. THE ANGLO-SAXON POETIC RECORDS, II. ED. G. P. KRAPP. NEW YORK: COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1932. PP. 61.1 - 65.156. Secondary source: A Guide to Old English, 5th edition, B. Mitchell and F. C. Robinson, Oxford and Cambridge, MA: Blackwell, 1992. Word count: 1100.

coexeter.psd. Primary source: THE EXETER BOOK. THE ANGLO-SAXON POETIC RECORDS, III. ED. G. P. KRAPP AND E. V. K. DOBBIE. NEW YORK: COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1936. PP. 134.1 - 137.116 (THE WANDERER). PP. 143.1 - 147.124 (THE SEAFARER). PP. 149.1 - 153.143 (WIDSITH). PP. 154.1 - 156.98 (FORTUNES OF MEN). PP. 156.1 - 163.204 (MAXIMS I). PP. 166.1 - 169.87 (THE RIMING POEM). PP. 169.1 - 171.174 (THE PANTHER). PP. 171.1 - 174.88 (THE WHALE). PP. 174.1 - 174.16 (THE PARTRIDGE). PP. 178.1 - 179.42 (DEOR). PP. 179.1 - 180.19 (WULF AND EADWACER). PP. 210.1 - 211.53 (THE WIFE'S LAMENT). Secondary sources: (1) The Old English Riming Poem, ed. O. D. Macrae-Gibson, Cambridge: D. S. Brewer, 1987. The Old English Physiologus, ed. A. Squires, Durham: Durham Medieval Texts, 1988. (2) A Guide to Old English, 5th edition, B. Mitchell and F. C. Robinson, Oxford and Cambridge, MA: Blackwell, 1992. (3) Old English Minor Heroic Poems, ed. J. Hill, Durham: Durham Medieval Texts, 1994. (4) Gnomic Poetry in Anglo-Saxon, ed. B. C. Williams, New York: AMS Press, 1966. Word count: 690 + 770 + 850 + 550 + 1440 + 500 + 390 + 470 + 90 + 230 + 120 + 320 = 6420.

coexodus.psd. Primary source: THE JUNIUS MANUSCRIPT. THE ANGLO-SAXON POETIC RECORDS, I. ED. G. P. KRAPP. LONDON: GEORGE ROUTLEDGE & SONS, LTD AND NEW YORK: COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1931. PP. 91.1 - 107.590. Secondary source: Exodus, ed. P. J. Lucas, London: Methuen, 1977. Word count: 2980.

cogenesi.psd. Primary source: THE JUNIUS MANUSCRIPT. THE ANGLO-SAXON POETIC RECORDS, I. ED. G. P. KRAPP. LONDON: GEORGE ROUTLEDGE & SONS, LTD AND NEW YORK: COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1931. PP. 3.1 - 9.234 (SAMPLE 1). PP. 32.965 - 40.1284 (SAMPLE 2). PP. 72.2419 - 82.2759 (SAMPLE 3). Secondary source: Genesis A: A New Edition, ed. A. N. Doane, Madison: The University of Wisconsin Press, 1978. Word count: 4840.

cokentis.psd. Primary source: THE ANGLO-SAXON MINOR POEMS. THE ANGLO-SAXON POETIC RECORDS, VI. ED. E. V. K. DOBBIE. NEW YORK: COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1942. PP. 87.1 - 88.43 (THE KENTISH HYMN). PP. 88.1 - 94.157 (THE KENTISH PSALM). Secondary source: Sweet's Anglo-Saxon Reader in prose and Verse, ed. D. Whitelock, Oxford: Clarendon, 1967. Word count: 230 + 840 = 1070.

cometboe.psd. Primary source: THE PARIS PSALTER AND THE METERS OF BOETHIUS. THE ANGLO-SAXON POETIC RECORDS, V. ED. G. P. KRAPP. LONDON: GEORGE ROUTLEDGE & SONS, LTD AND NEW YORK: COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1933. PP. 158.1 - 159.46 (5). PP. 160.1 - 173.80 (7-13). PP. 176.1 - 177.47 (19). PP. 185.1 - 186.44 (21). PP. 188.1 - 192.74 (24-25). PP. 197.1 - 202.96 (28-29). Word count: 5270.

conorthu.psd. Primary sources: (1) THE ANGLO-SAXON MINOR POEMS. THE ANGLO-SAXON POETIC RECORDS, VI. ED. E. V. K. DOBBIE. NEW YORK: COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1942. PP. 105.1 - 105.9 (CAEDMON'S HYMN). PP. 107.1 - 107.5 (BEDE'S DEATH SONG). PP. 109.1 - 109.14 (THE LEIDEN RIDDLE). (2) THE DREAM OF THE ROOD. ED. B. DICKINS AND A. S. C. ROSS. LONDON: METHUEN & CO. LTD., 1956 (1934). CORRECTIONS BY R. W. V. ELLIOTT, RUNES: AN INTRODUCTION (MANCHESTER, 1959). PP. 90-96, AND FIGURES 38-40. PP. 25.39 - 29.64 (THE RUTHWELL CROSS). Secondary source: Three Northumbrian Poems, ed. A. H. Smith, London: Methuen, 1933. Word count: 40 + 30 + 90 + 70 = 230.

cophoeni.psd. Primary source: THE EXETER BOOK. THE ANGLO-SAXON POETIC RECORDS, III. ED. G. P. KRAPP AND E. V. K. DOBBIE. NEW YORK: COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1936. PP. 94.1 - 113.677. Secondary source: The Phoenix, ed. N. F. Blake, Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1964. Word count: 3710.

coriddle.psd. Primary source: THE EXETER BOOK. THE ANGLO-SAXON POETIC RECORDS, III. ED. G. P. KRAPP AND E. V. K. DOBBIE. NEW YORK: COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1936. PP. 180.1 - 189.11 (1-17). PP. 190.1 - 195.14 (20-29). PP. 196.1 - 198.14 (31-35). PP. 199.1 - 203.108 (39-40). PP. 203.1 - 204.16 (42-43). P. 206.1 - 206.10 (49-50). PP. 207.1 - 208.12 (53-56). PP. 209.1 - 210.18 (58-59). P. 229.1 - 229.9 (61-62). PP. 230.1 - 231.10 (66). P. 235.1 - 235.11 (80). PP. 240.1 - 241.11 (91). P. 243.1 - 243.13 (95). Secondary source: The Old English Riddles of the Exeter Book, ed. C. Williamson, Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1977. Word count: 5090.

Total word count: 71,490.