Fresh Terror, New Horror: Fear and the Unfamiliar in the Old English Exodus

Abstract

While Old English is horribly rich in the language of terror, it is striking how many of the most common and evocative of those ancient terms for fear have either changed their meaning or become obsolete; and equally obvious are the sometimes sharp divisions in usage between prose and verse. This chapter will explore the language of fear with specific reference to the Old English poem Exodus . It will focus on the various terms for fear in the period, and chart their usage in a range of additional texts and contexts.

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