Editing Old English literature (section)

=== Later medieval glossing and translation ===
Old English literature did not disappear in 1066 with the Norman Conquest. Many sermons and works continued to be read and used in part or whole up through the 14th century, and were further catalogued and organised. What might be termed the earliest scholarship on Old English literature was done by a 12th or early 13th-century scribe from Worcester known only as [[The Tremulous Hand of Worcester|The Tremulous Hand]] – a [[sobriquet]] earned for a hand tremor causing characteristically messy handwriting.{{sfn|Schipper|1997|p=184}} The Tremulous Hand is known for many Latin glosses of Old English texts, which represent the earliest attempt to translate the language in the post-Norman period. Perhaps his most well known scribal work is that of the Worcester Cathedral Library MS F. 174, which contains part of [[Ælfric of Eynsham|Ælfric]]'s ''Grammar'' and ''Glossary'' and a short fragmentary poem often called "Bede's Death Song" in addition to the Body and Soul poem.{{sfn|Franzen|1991}}