Crist

For other uses, see Crist (disambiguation).

Christ, in Old English Crist, is the title given to a triad of Old English religious poems in the Exeter Book comprising a total of 1664 lines and dealing with Christ's Advent, Ascension and Last Judgment. It was originally thought to be one piece completed by a single author, but the poem is now broken up into three parts:

Christ I (also Christ A or Advent Lyrics), a collection of twelve anonymous Old English poems dealing with Christ's Advent.

Christ II (also Christ B), poem written by the Anglo-Saxon poet Cynewulf on Christ's Ascension.

Christ III (also Christ C), anonymous poem on the Last Judgment.

Together with Beowulf, it constitutes one of the primary examples of Anglo-Saxon literature.

External links

• The Old English poems, Christ I-III
• A Modern English translation (PDF), by Charles W. Kennedy. From "In Parentheses".