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- ↑ Allen Rogers Benham (1916). English literature from Widsith to the death of Chaucer: a source book. Yale University Press. p. 68.
- ↑ Michael Lapidge (26 January 2006). The Anglo-Saxon Library. Oxford University Press. pp. 229–231. ISBN 978-0-19-153301-3.
- ↑ Mary P. Richards (2001). Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts: Basic Readings. Taylor & Francis. pp. 105–112. ISBN 978-0-8153-3567-2.
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