EXPLANATION OF THE PRINCIPAL CONTRACTIONS.
				[Contractions used in Greta's Lexicon Poeticum are given separately on the next page'.]
					Halliw. Dict. Halliwell's Dictionary of archaic and provincial words. Herb. Herbarium in Vol. I. of Saxon Leechdoms. Hexam. Norm. The Anglo-Saxon version of the Hexameron of St. Basil, edited by H. W. Norman. Homl. Skt. Ælfric's Lives of Saints, edited for the Early English Text Society by W. W. Skeat. Homl. Th. The Homilies of Ælfric, edited for the Ælfric Society by B. Thorpe. Hpt. Gl. Angelsächsische Glossen, von Bouterwek mitgetheilt in Haupts Zeitschrift ix. (quoted from Leo's Angelsächsische Glossar). H. B. Legends of the Holy Rood, edited for the Early English Text Society by R. Morris. Hymn. Surt. The Latin Hymns of the Anglo-Saxon Church, edited for the Surtees Society by J. Stevenson. Icel. Icelandic; the references being to Cleasby and Vigfusson's Icelandic Dictionary. Jn. Skt. The Gospel of St. John, edited by Skeat. v. Mk. Skt. Jos. Joshua, in Thwaites' Heptateuch. Jud. Judges, in Thwaites' Heptateuch. Judth; Thw. The poem of Judith, at the end of Thwaites' Heptateuch. Jul. The Liflade of St. Juliana, edited for the Early English Text Society by Cockayne. L. Alf; Th. The Laws of King Alfred, in Thorpe's Ancient Laws and Institutes. The other contractions, being the same as those used by Thorpe, are not given here. Laym. The Brut of Laj~amon, edited by Sir F. Madden. Lchdm. i. ii. iii. Leechdoms, Wortcunni~ng and Starcraft of Early England, edited by Cockayne (Master of the Rolls' series, 3 vols.). Lev. Leviticus, in Thwaites' Heptateuch. Lk. Skt. The Gospel of St. Luke, edited by Skeat. v. Mk. Skt. L. M; Lchdm. v. Lchdm. (L. M. = Liber Medicinalis.) L. Med. ex Quadr; Lchdm. v. Lchdm. Menol. Fox. Menologium or Poetical Calendar of the Anglo-Saxons, edited by Fox. Met. Homl. English Metrical Homilies from MSS. of 14th century, edited by J. Small. Mk. Skt. Lind. or Rush. The Gospel of St. Mark in Anglo-Saxon and Northumbrian versions, edited for the Syndics of the University Press by W. W. Skeat. (Lind.=Lindisfarne MS. Rush.=Rushworth MS.) Mt. Kmbl. Lind. or Rush. The Gospel of St. Matthew, in Anglo-Saxon and Northumbrian versions, edited by Kemble. v. preceding. Nar. Narratiunculae~ Anglice Conscriptae~, edited by Cockayne. Nicod; Thw. The Anglo-Saxon version of the Gospel of Nicodemus, at the end of Thwaites' Heptateuch. Num. Numbers, in Thwaites' Heptateuch. O. and N. An Old English poem of the Owl and the Nightingale, edited by Stratmann. O. E. Homl. Old English Homilies, edited for the Early English Text Society by R. Morris. O. Frs. refers to Altfriesisches Worterbuch von Dr. Karl Freiherrn von Richthofen. O. H. Ger. v. Grff. Orm. The Ormulum, edited by Dr. White. Ors; Swt. or Bos. The Anglo-Saxon version of Orosins, edited by Sweet or by Bosworth. O. Sax. The Old Saxon poem of the Heliand. Past; Swt. King Alfred's version of Gregory's Pastoral Care, edited for the Early English Text Society by Sweet. Piers P. The Vision concerning Piers the Plowman, B-text, edited for the Early English Text Society by W. W. Skeat. P. L. S. Early English Poems and Lives of Saints, edited by F. J. Furnivall. Prompt. Parv. Promptorium parvulorum sive clericorum, lexicon Anglo-latinum princeps, edited for the Camden Society by Way.
		AE~lfc. Gl; Som; Wrt. Voc. Ælfric's Glossary given at the end of Somner's Dictionary, and in A Volume of Vocabularies, edited by Thomas Wright (First Series, 1857). AE~lfc. Gr; Som. Ælfric's Grammar, at the end of Somner's Dic- tionary. Ælfc. T. Grn. Ælfric de veteri et de novo testamento, in Grein's edition of the Heptateuch. Alis. King Alisaunder, in Weber's Metrical Romances. Andr. Kmbl. The Legend of St. Andrew, edited by Kemble for the Ælfric Society. An. Lit. Anecdota Literaria, by T. Wright. Apstls. Kmbl. The Fates of the Twelve Apostles; a fragment, in Part II. of The Poetry of the Codex Vercellensis, edited by Kemble for the Ælfric Society. A. E. The Ancren Riwle, edited for the Camden Society by J. Morton. Ayenb. Dan Michel's Ayenbite of Inwyt, edited for the Early English Text Society by R. Morris. Basil admn. The Anglo-Saxon remains of St. Basil's Admonitio ad filium spiritualem, edited by H. W. Norman. Bd; S. The Anglo-Saxon version of Bede's Ecclesiastical History, edited by Smith. Beo. Th. The Anglo-Saxon poem of Beowulf, edited by Thorpe. Bliokl. Gl. Blickling Glosses, at the end of the Blickling Homilies. Bliekl. Homl. The Blickling Homilies, edited for the Early English Text Society by R. Morris. Boutr. Scrd. Screadunga, edited by C. G. Bouterwek. Bt; Fox. King Alfred's Anglo-Saxon version of Boethius De Consola- tione Philosophise, edited by Fox (in Bonn's Antiquarian Library). Bt. Met. Fox. The Anglo-Saxon version of the Metres of Boethius, at the end of the previous work. Byrht. Th. The Battle of Maldon, in Thorpe's Analecta Anglo- Saxonica. Cant. Abac. Canticum Abacuc Prophetse, in Ps. Lamb., q. v. Cant. Moys. Canticum Moysis, at the end of Thwaites' Heptateuch. Cd; Th. Cae~dmon's Metrical Paraphrases of parts of the Holy Scrip- tures, edited by Thorpe. Chart. Th. Diplomatarium Anglicum Ævi Saxonici, edited by Thorpe. Chauc. Chaucer. Chr; Erl. Two of the Saxon Chronicles, edited by Earle. Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. Codex Diplomatics Ævi Saxonici, edited by Kemble. Coll. Monast. Th. Ælfric's Colloquy, in Thorpe's Analecta Anglo- Saxonica. Confess. Peccat. Confessio Peccatorum, in Ps. Lamb., q. v. Cot. Lye. A MS. of the Cotton Library quoted by Lye in his Dictionary. Deut. Deuteronomy, in Thwaites' Heptateuch. E. D. S. English Dialect Society. Elen. Kmbl. Elene, or the Recovery of the Cross, edited by Kemble for the Ælfric Society. Ex. Exodus, in Thwaites' Heptateuch. Exon. Th. Codex Exoniensis, edited by Thorpe. Fins. Th. The Fight at Finnesburg, at the end of Thorpe's Beowulf. Frag. Kmbl. A Fragment, Moral and Religious, in Part II. of The Poetry of the Codex Vercellensis, edited by Kemble. Gen. Genesis, in Thwaites' Heptateuch. Grff. Althochdeutscher Sprachschatz von Graff. Grmm. A. u. E. Andreas und Elene, herausgegeben von Jacob Grimm. Grmm. D. M. Deutsche Mythologie von Jacob Grimm. Zweite ausgabe. Grmm. Gesch. D. S. Geschichte der Deutschen Sprache von Jacob Grimm. Dritte auflage. Grn. B. A. Deutsche Rechtsalterthumer von Jacob Grimm. Zweite ausgabe. Guthl; Gdwin. The Anglo-Saxon version of the Life of St. Guthlac, edited by C. W. Goodwin.