''Crist'' (
Old English
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for ''Christ'') is the title of any of three Old English religious
poem
Poetry (derived from the Greek ''poiesis'', "making"), also called verse, is a form of literature that uses aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language − such as phonaesthetics, sound symbolism, and metre − to evoke meanings in ...
s in the
Exeter Book. They were during the late 9th and early 10th centuries believed to be a three-part work by a single author, but more recent scholarship has determined that the works are of differing origins.
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Crist I'' (also ''Crist A'' or ''Advent Lyrics''), a poem in twelve sections on Christ's Advent written by an unknown author (or authors).
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Crist II'' (also ''Crist B'' or ''The Ascension''), a poem on Christ's Ascension written by the Anglo-Saxon poet
Cynewulf.
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Crist III'' (also ''Crist C''), a poem on the Last Judgment written by an unknown author.
External links
{{Wikisource
The Old English poems, ''Christ I-III''A Modern English translation(
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), by Charles W. Kennedy. From
In Parentheses.
Old English poems