Cynewulf

E21506

Anglo-Saxon poet Old English poet medieval poet

Cynewulf was an Old English poet known for his religious verse and for being one of the few Anglo-Saxon poets whose name is preserved in runic signatures within his works.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Cynewulf canonical	10

Statements (34)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Anglo-Saxon poet ⓘ Old English poet ⓘ medieval poet ⓘ
authorshipEvidence	runic signatures within his works ⓘ
era	early Middle Ages ⓘ
floruit	8th century ⓘ 9th century ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
genre	Christian poetry ⓘ religious poetry ⓘ
influenceOn	study of Old English religious poetry ⓘ
knownFor	being one of the few named Anglo-Saxon poets ⓘ religious verse ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	Old English ⓘ
literaryForm	alliterative verse ⓘ
literaryTradition	Old English religious verse ⓘ
movement	Anglo-Saxon literature ⓘ
nationality	English ⓘ
notableFeature	embedded runic acrostic signature in poems ⓘ
notableWork	Christ II ⓘ Elene ⓘ Juliana ⓘ The Fates of the Apostles ⓘ
occupation	poet ⓘ
region	Anglo-Saxon England ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
subjectMatter	Jesus Christ ⓘ surface form: Christ Christian saints ⓘ apostles ⓘ
uncertainDetail	exact dates of birth and death unknown ⓘ precise identity debated by scholars ⓘ
workPreservedIn	Exeter Book ⓘ Vercelli Book ⓘ
writingSystem	runic signatures ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Old English → hasAuthor → Cynewulf ⓘ

The Dream of the Rood → possibleAuthor → Cynewulf ⓘ

Anglo-Saxon literature → notableAuthor → Cynewulf ⓘ

Christ II → traditionallyAttributedTo → Cynewulf ⓘ

Christ II → author → Cynewulf ⓘ

The Fates of the Apostles → author → Cynewulf ⓘ

The Fates of the Apostles → attributedTo → Cynewulf ⓘ

Juliana → author → Cynewulf ⓘ

Juliana → attributedTo → Cynewulf ⓘ

Vercelli Book → containsWorkBy → Cynewulf ⓘ