Kazutomo Karasawa is Professor at Rikkyo University, Tokyo. He is the editor of The Old English Metrical Calendar (Menologium) (D. S. Brewer, 2015), and a co-editor of Ideas of the World in Early Medieval English Literature (Brepols, 2022).

• IntroductionPart 1: Maxims I and Maxims II ReconsideredChapter 1: Maxims I in the Context of the Exeter BookcChapter 2: Contents, Theme and Structure of Maxims IChapter 3: Linguistic Features, Date, and Provenance of Maxims IChapter 4: Ljóðaháttr- and Galdralag-like Constructions in Maxims IChapter 5: Maxims II in the Context of Cotton Tiberius B.iChapter 6: Contents, Theme, and Structure of Maxims IIChapter 7: Linguistic Features, Date, and Provenance of Maxims IIChapter 8: Is Soð Swicolost or Switolost?Chapter 9: Varieties of Gnomes in Maxims I and Maxims IIPart 2: Texts and TranslationsMaxims I: Text and TranslationMaxims II Text and TranslationCommentary on Maxims ICommentary on Maxims IIGlossaryBibliographyIndex

Kazutomo Karasawa is Professor at Rikkyo University, Tokyo. He is the editor of The Old English Metrical Calendar (Menologium) (D. S. Brewer, 2015), and a co-editor of Ideas of the World in Early Medieval English Literature (Brepols, 2022).

• IntroductionPart 1: Maxims I and Maxims II ReconsideredChapter 1: Maxims I in the Context of the Exeter BookcChapter 2: Contents, Theme and Structure of Maxims IChapter 3: Linguistic Features, Date, and Provenance of Maxims IChapter 4: Ljóðaháttr- and Galdralag-like Constructions in Maxims IChapter 5: Maxims II in the Context of Cotton Tiberius B.iChapter 6: Contents, Theme, and Structure of Maxims IIChapter 7: Linguistic Features, Date, and Provenance of Maxims IIChapter 8: Is Soð Swicolost or Switolost?Chapter 9: Varieties of Gnomes in Maxims I and Maxims IIPart 2: Texts and TranslationsMaxims I: Text and TranslationMaxims II Text and TranslationCommentary on Maxims ICommentary on Maxims IIGlossaryBibliographyIndex