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900–900 · Anglo Saxon poet

Also known as: Кюневульф, キュネウルフ

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Known works

  • Elene (1883)
  • Poems of Cynewulf (1910)
  • The Old English Poems of Cynewulf
  • [Cynewulf's] Juliana (1966)
  • The Christ of Cynewulf (1900)