Editing Deor (section)

{{short description|Old English poem}}
"'''Deor'''" (or "'''The Lament of Deor'''") is an [[Old English poetry|Old English poem]] found on folio 100r–100v of the late-[[10th century in poetry|10th-century]] collection<ref>{{cite book|last=Fell|first=Christine|editor=[[Malcolm Godden]] and [[Michael Lapidge]]|title=The Cambridge Companion to Old English Literature|year=2007|publisher=Cambridge UP|location=Cambridge|isbn=978-0-521-37794-2|pages=172–89|chapter=Perceptions of Transience}}</ref> 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.

In the poem, Deor's lord has replaced him with another poet. Deor mentions various figures from [[Germanic paganism|Germanic tradition]] and reconciles his own troubles with the troubles these figures faced, ending each section with the refrain "that passed away, so may this."

The poem comprises forty-two [[alliteration|alliterative]] lines.