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Translations

The books on this page are (at least roughly) alliterative translations of alliterative verse. As such, they illustrate the potential of the form in modern English not just in the original language.
Old English Poetry
An anthology of old English alliterative verse in a modern, mostly alliterative translation by Craig Williamson
Chris McCully's aliterative verse translations of a variety of Old English poems
Poetic Edda
Alliterative translation by Henry Adams Bellows
An alliterative translation (though not using strict Old Norse meters_ of the Poetic Edda.
Poetic Edda
An alliterative translation (though not using strict Old Norse meters_ of the Poetic Edda.
Beowulf
Christopher McCully's alliterative verse translation of Beowulf
A translation of the Exeter Book riddles into Modern English alliterative verse
This translation is also illustrated by Bertha Rogers
Translations of poems into modern English alliterative verse from the Old English
A modern English translation of the classical Latin fables into alliterative verse.
Nico Solheim Davidson (ed.), C. Ryan Moniz (translator). Reviewed on the Thunder Witch of the Woods blog https://thunderwitchofthewoods.wordpress.com/2023/04/07
An alliterative translation of Beowulf into modern English, by Frederick Rebsamen
An alliterative translation of Beowulf intended for oral delivery, by Dick Ringler
A well known alliterative translation of Beowulf, by Old English scholar Roy Liuzza
An alliterative verse translation of Beowuf by Michael Alexander
This alliterative translation is the work of Matthew Hutchinson
This alliterative translation of Beowulf is by Seamus Heaney, a noted poet
An alliterative translation of Beowulf into modern English byMartha Wilson
Pearl
An alliterative translation by aoted poet Marie Boroff
Piers Plowman
An alliterative verse translation of this famous religious poem, by Peter Sutton.
A popular Gawain translation, put into alliterative modern English verse by Simon Armitage, a noted poet.
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
An alliterative verse translation of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight,by Brian Stone
An close, or literal translation, by Larry D. Benson, printed facing the original text.
Alliterative translations by Marie Borroff of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Patience, Cleanness, Pearl, and Saint Erkenwald
A translation by A.V.C. Schmidt
York Mystery Plays
Alliterative translation of the York Mystery Plays into modern English by Tony Harrison
Death of Artur
An alliterative translation of the Middle English alliterative 'Morte D'Arthur' by Michael Smith
Alliterative translation by Mike Poulton
An alliteative translation of the Middle English 'Alliterative Morte Arthur' by Simon Armitage
An alliterative translation of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Hildebrandslied
A translation of the German epic
An alliterative translation by Keith Harrison
Translatio nof the poem by the pearl poet, by Michael Gibson
The Nibelung's Ring
An English translation of Wagner's Ring of the Nibelung in the alliterative verse of the original, by Alfred Forman
An alliterative verse translation of the 14th century classic, epic poem, Sir Gwain and the Green Knight, by Michael Smith
The Saxon Gospel
An alliterative translation of the first version of the gospels in Germanic alliterive verse, by Jabez Von Clief
Old English meditations for Advent and Christmastide (Exeter Book)
Old High German Poetry: An Anthology
Old English meditations for Advent and Christmastide, translated from the Exeter Book into modern English alliterative verse
An alliterative verse translation of hte Middle English romance, "William and the Werewolf", by Michael Smith
The Song Weigher
An alliterative translation by Ian Crockatt of the works of this tenth century Viking warrior and bard.
Crimsoning the Eagle's Claw
Translated into modern English alliterative verse by Ian Crockatt
Boethius, The Poetry from the Consolations of Phillosophy, translated by Peter Glassgold [significant portions in alliterative verse, review here]
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The Triumph Tree: Scotland's Earliest Poetry
The Tale of Charlemagne and Ralph the Collier
Lofsangas: Poems New and Old
A collection of translations of early Scottish poetry edited by Thomas Owen Clancy, includng Judith Jesch's alliterative translation of the poem Krakamal.
An alliterative translation of this middle Scots poem into modern English, by Ralph Sypeck
The Romance of William and the Werewolf
An alliterative verse translation of hte Middle English romance, "William and the Werewolf", by Michael Smith
Old English praise songs in modern English alliterative verse -- both original and translated.
Patience
An alliterative translation of one of the four poems attrbuted to the Pearl Poet
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