Deor
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Deor is an Old English elegiac poem in which a scop reflects on personal misfortune and the transience of suffering by recalling legendary hardships that eventually passed.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Old English poem
ⓘ
elegy ⓘ literary work ⓘ |
| approximateCenturyOfComposition | 10th century or earlier ⓘ |
| centralIdea | no suffering is permanent ⓘ |
| consolatoryStrategy | exempla of past hardships that ended ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Germanic heroic legend ⓘ |
| currentLocationOfManuscript | Exeter Cathedral Library NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfComposition | early medieval period ⓘ |
| focus | comparison of legendary and personal suffering ⓘ |
| function | meditation on change and resilience ⓘ |
| genre | elegiac poetry ⓘ |
| language | Old English NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryCategory | Old English elegies ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | Anglo-Saxon literature ⓘ |
| manuscript | Exeter Book NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| manuscriptShelfmark | Exeter Book (MS 3501) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mentionsLegend |
Beadohild
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Eormanric NERFINISHED ⓘ Geat NERFINISHED ⓘ Theodoric NERFINISHED ⓘ Weland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| meter | Old English alliterative verse ⓘ |
| motif | ubi sunt motif ⓘ |
| narrativeVoice | first-person ⓘ |
| originalScript | Insular minuscule ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin | Anglo-Saxon England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotElement | speaker replaced by a rival poet ⓘ |
| preservation | single manuscript source ⓘ |
| refrain | Þæs ofereode, þisses swa mæg ⓘ |
| refrainMeaning | That passed over; so may this ⓘ |
| relatedWorkGroup | Exeter Book elegies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scholarlyInterest |
consolation literature
ⓘ
poetics of exile and patronage ⓘ |
| setting | Germanic legendary past ⓘ |
| speaker | scop ⓘ |
| speakerRole | displaced court poet ⓘ |
| structure | alternating narrative episodes and refrain ⓘ |
| textualForm | short lyric-epic hybrid ⓘ |
| theme |
consolation
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exile ⓘ fate ⓘ impermanence of worldly conditions ⓘ loss of patronage ⓘ personal misfortune ⓘ transience of suffering ⓘ |
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