9th century in poetry

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Works

Likely period when Cynewulf flourishes in Mercia or Northumbria
Bragi Boddason flourishes in the Swedish court in the first half of the century, author of Bragi inn gamli Boddason (Norwegian)
Þjóðólfur úr Hvini (Norwegian)
Þorbjörn hornklofi (Norwegian)
Reign of King Alfred the Great, a noted poet in Anglo-Saxon, in Wessex from 871 to 899

9th century:
- Expansion of Gregorian chant, particularly in the Frankish lands of Europe
- Cynewulf, The Fates of the Apostles, Juliana, Elene, and Christ II in Old English
- Llywarch Hen in Welsh
- Sequence of Saint Eulalia, earliest surviving poem in Old French
- The Phoenix in Old English
- Approximate period of Waldere in Old English
c. 800
- Pangur Bán in Old Irish
830s:
- Lay of Hildebrand in Old High German
880s or 890s:
- Ludwigslied and Georgslied in Old High German
890s:
- Abbo Cernuus, De bellis Parisiacae urbis (The Wars of the City of Paris), in Latin

c. 855: Saints Cyril and Methodius develop the Glagolitic alphabet;Cyrillic is developed about the same time in Bulgaria. These alphabets permit translation of the Bible into Old Church Slavonic and other Slavic languages. First development of Slavic literary languages.
Preslav Literary School (est. c. 885) and Ohrid Literary School (est. 886) flourish in Bulgaria.

Constantine of Preslav in Bulgaria authors Азбучна молитва (Alphabet Prayer), the earliest surviving poetry in Old Church Slavonic.