Deor" (or "The Lament of Deor") is an Old English poem found on folio 100r–100v of the late-10th-century collection [1] the Exeter Book. The poem consists of a reflection on misfortune by a poet whom the poem is usually thought to name Deor.

Deor, Old English heroic poem of 42 lines, one of the two surviving Old English poems to have a refrain. (The other is the fragmentary “Wulf and Eadwacer.”) It is the complaint of a scop (minstrel), Deor, who was replaced at his court by another minstrel and deprived of his lands and his lord’s favour.

What would I say about myself? for the Heodenings, loved by my lord. I used to be deor myself, now a beast. for many winters, welded to the bread-giver. all that my sheltering lord granted me before. They all got through much of that, maybe I will too.

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An Old Norse poem from the Edda, Völundarkviða, gives us a fuller account of his life. He and his two brothers came upon three swan-maidens on a lake's shore, and loved them, and lived with them happily for seven years, but then the swan-maidens flew away again.

"Deor" is a heroic Anglo-Saxon poem consisting of 42 lines. It is the only poem from the Anglo-Saxon era in which stanzas are used for artistic effect, and only one of two poems (the other being "Wulf and Eadwacer") that has a refrain.

2024年9月4日 · Deor is a lament that expresses personal grief and hardship, but it also reflects on broader themes of human suffering and resilience. The speaker, who is identified as Deor, was once a favored scop (a poet or minstrel) at a noble court but was later displaced by a …

Deor's Lament: a Modern English Translation "Deor's Lament" is one of the truly great poems of English antiquity. This modern English translation of one of the very best Old English/Anglo-Saxon poems is followed by footnotes and the translator's comments.

The Old English poem “Deor” is unique in that it has a repeating refrain “þæs oferēode, þisses swā mæg” (That passed away, and so may this). It also describes five disastrous events in history or mythology, which would have been familiar to the audience, and which are used to demonstrate that terrible situations can be overcome.

As part of Notre Dame’s ongoing Medieval poetry translation and recitation project, I offer a creatively translated Deor, a poem from the Exeter Book (Exeter Cathedral Library MS 3501), which I have titled “Deor’s Dark Elegies” and which describes a series of unfortunate events befalling legendary figures of heroic legend for the ...