Germanic Philology 7

Editorial Board / Editorial Board

Fabrizio D. Raschellà (University of Siena) – Editor-in-chief / Editor-in-chief

Verio Santoro (University of Salerno) – President of AIFG / Chairman of AIFG

Marina Buzzoni (Ca’ Foscari University Venice) – Councillor of AIFG / Councillor of AIFG

Letizia Vezzosi (University of Florence) – Councillor of AIFG / Councillor of AIFG

Scientific Committee / Scientific Committee

Lucia Sinisi (University of Bari) – Coordinator / Coordinator

Michael Benskin (Universitetet i Oslo)

Omar H. A. Khalaf (Ca’ Foscari University Venice)

Roger Lass (The University of Edinburgh)

Letizia Vezzosi (University of Florence)

TABLE OF CONTENTS / CONTENTS

CHRISTIAN BROCCIAS
The as-copular construction in Middle English (pp. 1-31)

CLAUDIA DI SCIACCA
Battling the devil: St Margaret in the Early Middle English Seinte Margarete (pp. 33-79)

ROGER LASS
Chains of permission: ‘eo’ in Layamon A, Hand B (pp. 81-88)

PATRICIAN LENDINARA
The glossary in MS Cambridge, St John’s College, E.17 and Middle English lexicography (pp. 89-140)

ELISA MASTROMATTEO
On Esterne day in þe dawing (Cambridge University Library, MS Dd. 1.1, ff. 30r-32v): Critical edition (pp. 141-162)

KJEIIL V. THENGS
Compactness of expression in Middle English legal documents (pp. 163-181)

LETIZIA VEZZOSI
Reciprocal strategies in Middle English (pp. 183-211)

LIST OF AUTHORS / LIST OF AUTHORS (pp. 213-214)

Germanic Philology – Germanic Philology 7