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3. Voice and Vocalisation: Sonatorrek and Eddic Poetry

2017
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Eddic poetry as a source for the history of Germanic religion

1992
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A Handbook to Eddic Poetry

2016
This is the first comprehensive and accessible survey in English of Old Norse eddic poetry: a remarkable body of literature rooted in the Viking Age, which is a critical source for the study of early Scandinavian myths, poetics, culture and society. Dramatically recreating the voices of the legendary past, eddic poems distil moments of high emotion as ...
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Wit and Wisdom: The Worldview of the Old Norse-Icelandic Riddles and Their Relationship to Eddic Poetry

2014
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Elegy in Eddic Poetry: Its Origin and Context

2013
Hamðismal reports Hamðir’s last words and describes his death in a struggle against superior forces in these words:“Vel hofom við vegit, stondom a val Gotna, ofan, eggmoðom, sem ernir a qvisti; goðs hofom tirar fengið, þott scylim nu eða i gaer deyia, qveld lifi r maðr ecci eptir qvið norna.”
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Eddic Poetry: A Gateway to Late Iron Age Ladies of Law

Journal of the North Atlantic, 2015
Abstract This article argues that eddic poetry, where females are described attending assemblies, swearing oaths, receiving compensation, and taking revenge, can provide some insight into the real “ladies of law” of pre-Christian Scandinavia. In Christian times, when “law” was seen to emanate from the male God, considerable changes were introduced.
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Performing Oaths in Eddic Poetry: Viking Age Fact or Medieval Fiction?

Journal of the North Atlantic, 2015
Abstract It is argued here that eddic poetry, where oaths were sworn on items like rings and weapons, can provide insight into practices of swearing oaths in the real world of the Vikings. It is problematic that the earliest surviving manuscripts of the eddic poems date from the late 13th century, but other sources, including written sources from ...
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Kennings and other forms of figurative language in eddic poetry

2016
The kenning, a poetic circumlocution comprised of two or more nouns, is usually associated with skaldic praise poetry in drottkvaett metre, where the kenning's lexical complexity and its allusive power – invoking the grand narratives of myths – could enhance a poet's tribute to his aristocratic patron.
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Hear No Sievers, See No Sievers: Metrics and the Eddic Commentary Tradition

Neophilologus, 2022
Mikael Males
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A Further History of Orality and Eddic Poetry

2023
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