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Mythological Names and dróttkvætt Formulae III: From Metric-Structural Type to Compositional System

Studia Metrica et Poetica, 2015
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. This is the third part of a
- Frog
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Haraldr Sigurðarson’s arrival in Rus’ and his participation in the campaign against Poland in 1031

Historisk Tidsskrift, 2020
In 1031, Haraldr Sigurðarson, also known as harðráði, started his mercenary career, soon becoming one of the most famous Varangians and, later on, the Norwegian king.
Maciej Lubik
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Symbols of protection : the significance of animal-ornamented shields in early Anglo-Saxon England [PDF]

, 2005
The significance of shields with animal ornament on the boss and/or board in early Anglo-Saxon society is sought in the coincidence of artefactual, stylistic and iconographic symbolism.
Dickinson, T.M.
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Parallelism and Orders of Signification (Parallelism Dynamics I) [PDF]

, 2017
This essay sets out an approach to parallelism in verbal art as a semiotic phenomenon that can operate at multiple orders (or levels) of signification. It examines parallelism in the sounds through which words are communicated, in language communicated ...
Frog
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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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Jómsvíkinga saga and genre [PDF]

, 2014
Jómsvíkinga saga is difficult to classify generically. Modern conceptions of history and fiction in any case rely on different assumptions from those of medi­eval authors. Recent attempts to relocate another anomalous text, Yngvars saga víð­fǫrla, within
Finlay, Alison
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Inventing a saga form: The development of the kings’ sagas

Filologia Germanica
This study concerns form and the aesthetics of the Kings’ Sagas, a subject that has been somewhat neglected by previous kings’ saga scholars. Among the formal categories that will be given particular attention are the role of anecdotal material and ...
Armann Jacobsson
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On the Psalms as a Primary Source for the Old English Exodus [PDF]

, 2015
An argument for the biblical Psalms as a primary source for the Old English poem Exodus
Nolen, Ricky L.
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Jarl Sigvaldi and the battle of Svoldr in saga tradition [PDF]

, 2009
The battle of Svoldr is one of the most outstanding momentsin saga tradition, which preserves memory about Viking AgeScandinavia. The fame of the battle was strictly connected with particularpersonas involved in the conflict, among them the Norwegian ...
Morawiec, Jakub
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Romancing the Rune: Aspects of Literacy in Early Scandinavian Orality [PDF]

, 2008
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Harris, Joseph
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