#Editions:# Phillipps, as above; Singer, S. W., The Departing Soul’s Address to the Body, London, 1845; Haufe, E., Die Fragmente der Rede der Seele an den Leichnam, Gryphiswaldiae, 1880; Buchholz, R., Die Fragmente der Reden der Seele an den Leichnam, Erlangen, 1889; afterwards enlarged in *Erlanger Beiträge, ii. 6. 1890. #Literature:# (1) =of the Worcester Fragment=. Haufe, E., Anglia, iv. 237 (emendations); Holthausen, F., Anglia, xiv. 321 (emendations); Kaluza, M., Litteraturblatt, ii. 92; *Zupitza, J., Archiv, lxxxv. 78 (review of Buchholz). (2) =of the Desputisoun=. Heesch, G., Language and Metre, Kiel, 1884; Holthausen, F., Anglia, Beiblatt, iii. 302; Kaluza, M., Litteraturblatt, xii. 12; *Kunze, O., Critical Text, Berlin, 1892; Linow, W., Erlangen, 1889, edition enlarged in Erlanger Beiträge, i. 1. 1889; Mätzner, E., AE. Sprachproben, i. 90-103; Varnhagen, H., Anglia, ii. 225-52; Zupitza, J., Archiv, lxxxv. 84. (3) =of the Legend in general=. *Batiouchkof, Th., Romania, xx. 236; Bruce, J. D., Modern Language Notes, v. col. 385-401; Dudley, Louise, The Egyptian Elements in the Legend of the Body and Soul, Bryn Mawr, 1911; id. An Early Homily on the ‘Body and Soul’ Theme, Journal of English and Germanic Philology, April, 1909; Gaidoz, H., Revue Celtique, x. 463-70; Kleinert, G., Halle, 1880; Paris, Gaston, Romania, ix. 311-14; Varnhagen, H., Anglia, ii. 225, iii. 569; *Zupitza, J., Archiv, xci. 369. #Phonology:# For an account dealing with all the seven fragments see Buchholz: what follows is based on the two here printed, with references, where necessary, to his text of the other five. Oral #a# is _a_, so ac, farene, habban: #a# before nasals usually _o_, as from, mon, but _a_ in licame (wavering characteristic of the Middle South): #a# before lengthening groups is _o_, as honden, imong, longe, psalm-songe. #æ# is _a_ after _w_, as was, watere D 12, but nes D 19; otherwise _e_, as crefte, þene (OE. #þænne#), þet, but the traditional spelling survives in æt, æfter D 42, goldfæten, igædered, gæderedest (OE. #gæderian#), þæs, wræcche (OE. #wræcca#), wrænches G 48 (OE. *#wrænc#). Messe is a French loan-word. #e# is regularly _e_, as bedde, heui, met, þenchen, wel, &c., but _i_ in siggen F 7, siggeþ G 34 (characteristic of South-East and Kent). #i# is regularly _i_, as him, nimen, willæn; it is _u_ after _w_ in nulleþ, wulleþ C 35; but _i_ in wihte D 3, nowiht D 19. #o# is regularly _o_, as bodeþ, iboren, sorhliche; before nasal, onȝean C 6; after _w_, woldest D 50, noldest, iwurþen F 46; but _a_ in aȝan C 18. _eo_ is written for _o_ in feorþsiþ. #œ# (o + i) is _eo_ in seoruhfule, seorhful, seoruhliche, &c., neose. #u# is regularly _u_, as biwunden, cumeþ, ful, tunge, &c., but _o_ in iworþen F 45 after _w_. #y# is _u_, as ifulled, ikunde, lutiȝ, sunne, ufel, wunne, wurmes, but _y_ is preserved in synne F 33: iflut 2/30 is Scandinavian, OWScand. flytja; drihtenes 4/33, kinges E 39 descend from OE. forms in _i_.