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Mythological Names and dróttkvætt Formulae II: Base-Word-Determinant Indexing
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.
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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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Den omanlige mannen och den liderliga kvinnan — två urgamla stereotyper
Kulturella Perspektiv, 1996 The unmanly man and the lewd woman are two stereotypes distinct in verbal insults already in the old Norse poetry and in the old Swedish laws. In the Icelandic (folk-)tales we meet them in nidet, and in legal texts in invectives.
Margareta Svahn
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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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A NEW THEORY ON THE ETYMOLOGY OF THE NAME OF “MOLDOVA” [PDF]
Annals: Series on History and Archaeology (Academy of Romanian Scientists), 2014 The goal of this paper is to present a new possi ble explanation for the name of the historical and geographical region called “ Moldova”. The meaning of the word “Molde” is considered in “Old Norse” language, that is an old North ...
Doina MĂNĂILĂ MAXIMEAN
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Speaking Names in the Eddic Skírnismál [PDF]
Вопросы ономастики, 2018 The paper seeks to explore the internal form of the central characters’ names in the Eddic Skírnir’s Journey. Proper names mentioned in the song are regarded as relevant markers of the plot that echoes the fertility myth.
Tatyana V. Toporova
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“Evil Mastermind” in the framework of a verbally modeled reality
Філологічні студії, 2022 This article considers language means verbalizing the EVIL MASTERMIND in the framework of an alternative pop-cultural world. The paper regards an alternative reality as a logical construal, the result of categorizing and modeling activities.
Oleksandr Kolesnyk, А. Гурина
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Sigurðar saga fóts (The Saga of Sigurðr Foot): A Translation [PDF]
, 2008 This is the first English translation of the short Icelandic romance Sigurðar saga fóts, with an introduction presenting the evidence for its dating and immediate literary context.
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Filologia GermanicaThis article on early runic metrics takes a minimalist standpoint by first taking the position of the Advocatus Diaboli. This means that metrical criteria of the older runic inscriptions until c. AD 500 should speak for themselves without being directly
MICHAEL SCHULTE
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‘Pitch accent’ and prosodic structure in Scottish Gaelic: Reassessing the role of contact [PDF]
, 2015 This paper considers the origin of ‘pitch accents’ in Scottish Gaelic with a view to evaluating the hypothesis that this feature was borrowed from North Germanic varieties spoken by Norse settlers in medieval Scotland. It is shown that the ‘pitch accent’
Pavel Iosad
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