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Rhyme in dróttkvætt, from Old Germanic Inheritance to Contemporary Poetic Ecology I: Overview and Argument [PDF]

Studia Metrica et Poetica, 2023
This paper is the first in a three-part series or tryptic that argues for the Old Germanic origins of rhyme in the Old Norse dróttkvætt meter. This meter requires rhymes on the stressed syllables of two words within a six-position line, irrespective of ...
Frog
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Mythological Names and dróttkvætt Formulae I: When is a Valkyrie Like a Spear? [PDF]

Studia Metrica et Poetica, 2014
This article explores patterns of language use in oral poetry within a variety of semantic formula. Such a formula may vary its surface texture in relation to phonic demands of the metrical environment in which it is realized.
- Frog
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Rhyme in dróttkvætt, from Old Germanic Inheritance to Contemporary Poetic Ecology II: Rhyme as an Inherited Device of Old Germanic Verse [PDF]

Studia Metrica et Poetica, 2023
This paper is the second in a three-part series on the distinctive type of rhyme in the Old Norse dróttkvætt meter, argued to have emerged through the metricalization of uses of rhyme within a short line found across Old Germanic poetries.
Frog
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How inaccurate rhymes reveal Old Norse vowel phonemes [PDF]

Maal og Minne, 2023
This article discusses so-called inaccurate rhymes in Old Norse dróttkvætt poetry and their bearing on the phoneme structure of Old Norse. Inaccurate rhymes between /ǫ/ and /a/ do occur, but were to some extent avoided in Old Norse poems in the eleventh ...
Þorgeir Sigurðsson
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Mythological Names and dróttkvætt Formulae II: Base-Word-Determinant Indexing [PDF]

Studia Metrica et Poetica, 2014
This article explores patterns of language use in oral poetry within a variety of semantic formula. Such a formula may vary its surface texture in relation to phonic demands of the metrical environment in which it is realised.
- Frog
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Rhyme in dróttkvætt, from Old Germanic Inheritance to Contemporary Poetic Ecology III: The Old Norse Poetic Ecology [PDF]

Studia Metrica et Poetica
This paper is the third in a three-part series that develops a model for the background of rhyme in Old Norse dróttkvætt poetry as a formalization of the same form of rhyme found across Old Germanic poetries.
Frog
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The Karlevi runestone

Manuscript and Text Cultures, 2023
The Karlevi runestone, on the island of Öland, off the south-east coast of Sweden, is inscribed with the only known full stanza of Old Norse skaldic verse in Viking Age runes (that is, from approximately AD 750–1100). It is generally dated to the end of
Heather O'Donoghue
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A SELECTION OF SKALDIC POEMS [PDF]

Studia Litterarum, 2016
Rendering skaldic poetry into another language is a challenge for translators. The main feature of this poetic system is its highly intricate form governed by rigid rules.
Elena A. Gurevich
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Abriendo las puertas de un mundo inexplorado: las primeras traducciones de la poesía escáldica en español [PDF]

, 2021
This paper contributes to a growing body of research investigating the role of translations in the post-medieval reception of Old Norse-Icelandic literature. In this case study, we analyse Enrique Bernárdez’s Spanish translation of the skaldic verse in
Porter, Edel
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Rhyme in Alliterative Oral Poetry : A Look at Old English, Old Norse, and Finno-Karelian Traditions [PDF]

, 2022
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Frog, Mr.
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