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"Deor" (or "The Lament of Deor") is an Old English poem found on folio 100r–100v of the late-10th-century collection the Exeter Book. The poem consists of a reflection on misfortune by a poet whom the poem is usually thought to name Deor. The poem has no title in the Exeter Book itself; the title has been bestowed by modern editors.
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TTTA extracted 58 structured relationships around Deor. Examples in this analysis include Deor → Author(s) → Unknown and Deor → Date → c. AD 970–990 (date of manuscript). The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.
| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deor | Author(s) | Unknown | 1.00 | infobox |
| Deor | Date | c. AD 970–990 (date of manuscript) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Deor | Genre | Old English elegiac poetry | 1.00 | infobox |
| Deor | Language | West Saxon dialect of Old English | 1.00 | infobox |
| Deor | Length | 42 lines | 1.00 | infobox |
| Deor | Manuscript(s) | Exeter Book (Exeter Cathedral Library MS 3501) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Deor | Text | Deor at Wikisource | 1.00 | infobox |
| Deor | Verse form | Alliterative verse | 1.00 | infobox |
| Deor | related to External links | Old English Poetry | 0.60 | section |
| Deor | related to External links | Facsimile Project | 0.60 | section |
| Deor | related to External links | English | 0.60 | section |
| Deor | related to External links | Lament | 0.60 | section |
The concept neighborhoods around Deor bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Book, Exeter and English. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.
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TTTA analyzes the structure around Deor to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Literary Connections, Summary & Genre, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.
Source: Wikipedia — Deor · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout