Bound animal bodies. Ornamentation and skaldic poetry in the process of Christianization. [PDF]
Bound animal bodies.
Domeij, Maria
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The many virtues of the strange Type Eε. Metre, Semantics and intertextuality in dróttkvætt
The pattern which Eduard Sievers defined as “Eε” is the only line-type in dróttkvætt to have a trisyllabic word in the final metrical positions 4-6, thus deviating from the otherwise ubiquitous disyllabic closing (positions 5-6).
BIANCA PATRIA
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Runic and Skaldic Evidence of Palatal r in West Norse [PDF]
Runic evidence shows that the phonemes r and palatal ʀ merged at an early date in West Norse. I argue here that skaldic poetry also comprises valid evidence of this merger and that there is no reason to believe that r and ʀ should have rhymed until the ...
Þorgeirsson, Haukur +2 more
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Visions et spectres dans la littérature norroise : aperçus sur la culture germanique ancienne
Ancient Germanic culture was kept in an exceptionally accurate way in Old Norse literature such as it has been recorded by medieval Icelandic clerics.
Daniel Lacroix
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Translating the Untranslatable: A Comparative Study of Two Modern Language Translations of the Verses of Egils saga Skalla-Grimssonar [PDF]
My project analyses the extent to which, though a process of translation (or rewriting), skaldic poetry has been appropriated and manipulated in such a way as to help construct ideas of national identity.
Porter, Edel Maria
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An edition and commentary of two skaldic stanzas from Þjalar-Jóns saga. These two stanzas have never been critically edited previously, having been omitted in Finnur Jónsson's edition of skaldic ...
Lavender, Philip,
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Haraldr Sigurðarson’s arrival in Rus’ and his participation in the campaign against Poland in 1031
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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Is literary language a development of ordinary language? [PDF]
Contemporary literary linguistics is guided by the 'Development Hypothesis' which says that literary language is formed and regulated by developing only the elements, rules and constraints of ordinary language.
Fabb, Nigel
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Relational Data Modelling of Textual Corpora: The Skaldic Project and its Extensions [PDF]
Skaldic poetry is a highly complex textual phenomenon both in terms of the intricacy of the poetry and its contextual environment. Extensible Markup Language (XML) applications such as that of the Text Encoding Initiative pro-vide a means of semantic ...
Wills, Tarrin Jon, Tarrin Wills
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Teaching Latin in medieval Iceland: an overview
Scholarship on Scandinavian linguistics has long recognised an indigenous metalinguistic tradition, rooted in runic writing and skaldic poetry, that developed independently of Latin influence.
Michele Longo
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