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How inaccurate rhymes reveal Old Norse vowel phonemes
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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Werewolves in old Norse-Icelandic literature [PDF]
, 2021 This thesis investigates ten Old Norse-Icelandic werewolf texts: Vǫlsunga saga, Gibbons saga, Sigrgarðs saga frækna, Sigrgarðs saga ok Valbrands, Ála flekks saga, Úlfhams rímur, Tiodielis saga, Jóns saga leikara, and, on the Norwegian side, Bisclaretz ...
Su, Minjie
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Vernacular psychologies in Old Norse-Icelandic and Old English [PDF]
, 2014 This thesis examines the vernacular psychology presented in Old Norse-Icelandic texts. It focuses on the concept 'hugr', generally rendered in English as ‘mind, soul, spirit’, and explores the conceptual relationships between emotion, cognition and the ...
Mackenzie, Colin Peter
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Norse settlement in the Inner Hebrides ca. 800-1300; with special reference to the islands of Mull, Coll and Tiree [PDF]
, 2012 The thesis aims to elucidate the form, extent and chronological development of Norse colonial settlement in the Inner Hebridean islands of Mull, Coll, Thee and Lismore in the period ca 800-1300.
Johnston, Anne R.
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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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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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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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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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