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Lost and found in translation: the case of alliteration [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
The paper examines the transmission of alliteration in Estonian and Russian translated verse. The main focus is on the translation of alliterative epic, on the one hand, and more recent literary alliteration, on the other hand.
Lotman, Maria-Kristiina, Lotman, Mihhail
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"Odějme Tóra v nevěsty úbor!" O genderových stereotypech severské společnosti v době Vikingské éry

open access: yesTheatrum Historiae, 2009
This article, based on Scandinavian narrative sources (tha sagas), skaldic and eddic poetry as well as medieval law-codes, presents a particular view of the Scandinavian gender history during the Viking Age.
Lenka Doová
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The threatening wave: Norse poetry and the Scottish Isles [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The poetry discussed in this paper presents a range of responses to sailing around the northern parts of the British Isles, by poets more or less familiar with these routes but also with Norway, Iceland and sea-ways much further afield.
Jesch, Judith
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'The Eagle's Oars are Feathers' - Skaldic Practice and Perception Beyond Performance [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
One of the perennial mysteries of Old Norse skaldic poetry is how skalds learned to compose such complex verses. The medieval Icelandic sagas feature a multitude of characters who compose skaldic poetry, many of whom appear
Haley-Halinski, Kathryn
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Prototypes and structures in eddic poetry [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Seiichi Suzuki, The Meters of Old Norse Eddic Poetry: Common Germanic Inheritance and North Germanic Innovation (Ergänzungsbände zum Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde, Band 86). Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 2014.
Árnason, Kristján
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Den tidlige kirkeorganisasjonen i Eidsivatingslagen

open access: yesCollegium Medievale, 2020
This article presents a new interpretation and identification of a particular type of church in inland East-Norway (Eidsivatingslagen), known in Old Norse as the þriðjungkirkja.
Frode Iversen, Jan Brendalsmo
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Religion, Alfar and Dvergar [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
En este artículo apuntamos a explorar la conexión entre dos tipos de entidades míticas colectivas, los álfar y los dvergar. Ponderamos críticamente la fiabilidad de las distintas fuentes y analizamos el modo en que esos seres son presentados en algunos ...
Barreiro, Santiago Francisco
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The Form and Style of Gnomic Hypermetrics [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Gnomic poems have often been noted for their unusual metrical style. One aspect of their style that stands out is the hypermetric usage, both because these poems contain a notably high incidence of hypermetric verses and because the verses are frequently
Hartman, Megan E.
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