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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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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView., 2023 Abstract Children's relationship with time in preschools is an under‐researched area. Young children rarely know how to measure time using a clock, but their experiences of time may contribute to understanding children's well‐being and debates about quality in preschools.
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Der Runenstein von Tanum - ein religionsgeschichtliches Denkmal aus urnordischer Zeit
Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis, 1990 The article offers a critical analysis of the inscriptions on three runic stones: the Rök stone from the early Viking Era (800-820), the stone from Stentoften (550-580/699) and the stone from Tanum (200-500).
Ottar Grønvik
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Ritual and Hierarchy in Old Norse Mythology
Religionsvidenskabeligt Tidsskrift, 2022 : Within Old Norse mythological narratives, the presence or absence of ritual establishes hierarchy. As exemplified in death ritual, ritual orders the two major classes of mythological beings, placing the Æsir (gods) above the jǫtnar (“giants”).
John Lindow
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The Old Norse goði and his ring
Primitive Tider, 2023 The Old Norse goði and his ...
Olof Sundqvist
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Revisiting the Norse on the Western Isles from a Landscape Perspective
Viking, 2021 Historically the research on the relationship between the Norse and Pictish period population of the Western Isles has largely focused on place-name evidence, due to the prevalence of Old Norse place names over Pictish period ones and a scant ...
Joseph Thomas Ryder
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Early Old English Foot Structure [PDF]
, 2016 I examine those linguistic features of Old English and Old Norse which serve as the basic elements for the metrical systems of those languages. I begin with a critical survey of recent work on Old English metrical theory in chapter 1, which suggests that
Goering, Nelson, Nelson Goering
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Filologia GermanicaThe aim of this analysis is to highlight the connection between early Old Nordic *bākn ‘fire beacon’ and pre-Old Frisian *bākən ‘id.’ from Germanic *baukna-.
Andrea Maini
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Nornir in Old Norse mythology [PDF]
, 2008 The primary object of the thesis is to discuss a particular group of female supernatural beings called 'nornir' and their relationship to the Old Norse concept of fate.
Bek-Pedersen, Karen
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Magical Music in Old Norse Literature
Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis, 1996 No society ever existed without performing music, and most cultures display many variants of music. Music also played and still plays an important part in different religious rites. From the days of yore, music has been intimately connected with the cult,
Britt-Mari Näsström
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