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Namn og Nemne, 2021 The article deals with the name pairs Kven and Finn(e) and Kvenland - Finland in medieval texts, on one hand in Old Norse and the other hand in Old Swedish.
Eira Söderholm
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Jötnar as “supernatural beings”: a cognitive matrix of the Old Norse verbal representations
Філологічні студії, 2023 This article addresses verbal representations of the mythic concept JÖTUNN (Engl. JOTUN) in Old Norse eddic texts. Jötnar as supernatural beings inherent to the Nordic mythic space are regarded as a class of open systems marked by a set of hypertrophied ...
Oleksandr Kolesnyk
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Mythological Names and dróttkvætt Formulae I: When is a Valkyrie Like a Spear?
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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Keel ja Kirjandus, 2023 The dictionary of Estonian dialects (EMS) lists oht as three lexical items: oht1 (= South Estonian oht) ‘1 peril, danger, menace; jeopardy, risk, hazard; 2 distress’; oht2 ‘(herbal) medicine, drug, antidote’; and the partitive-only ohtu ‘-like, -ish ...
Santeri Junttila
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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.
- Frog
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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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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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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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