The supposedly Norse-derived terms and structures recorded in the Old English poem The Battle of Maldon have played an important role in discussions on various aspects of its composition: its date, its provenance, its possible literary sources, and its author's literary ability. Fred Robinson's comment that the speech of the Viking messenger (Mald 29–41) "may contain the first literary use of dialect in English," to a great extent because of its use of Norse-derived vocabulary to characterize him as a foreigner, has been fundamental in discussions of the poem's artistry and has frequently been echoed
The Vikings from Scandinavia invaded the British Isles during the late eighth century. They prevaile...
The beasts of battle motif in medieval literature has received extensive scholarly scrutiny in Old E...
This project is the first holistic survey of the major verbs of speech in Old English Poetry. In par...
Despite existing more than 1000 years apart, Old English and Modern Icelandic are closely related la...
Treball Final de Grau en Estudis Anglesos. Codi: EA0938. Curs acadèmic 2014-2015Although an unexpect...
Lots of Old Norse words have flowed into English through the contact between Anglo-Saxons and Viking...
Treball Final de Grau en Estudis Anglesos. Codi: EA0938. Curs acadèmic: 2016/2017One of the ways in ...
This chapter assesses the use of a small selection of Old English loanwords in Viking Age skaldic ve...
The poem known as The Battle of Maldon tells in circumstantial detail the story of one of the many E...
This project is the first holistic survey of the major verbs of speech in Old English Poetry. In par...
This book focuses on the Norse-derived vocabulary in the works of Archbishop Wulfstan II of York (d....
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is among the earliest vernacular chronicles of Western Europe and remains ...
Abstract The purpose of this essay has been to examine the connection between the established viking...
Scholarship on The Battle of Maldon has focused largely on the poem’s his-toricity: it has grappled ...
This paper seeks to illustrate the influence of Old Norse on the English lexicon. The theoretical pa...
The Vikings from Scandinavia invaded the British Isles during the late eighth century. They prevaile...
The beasts of battle motif in medieval literature has received extensive scholarly scrutiny in Old E...
This project is the first holistic survey of the major verbs of speech in Old English Poetry. In par...
Despite existing more than 1000 years apart, Old English and Modern Icelandic are closely related la...
Treball Final de Grau en Estudis Anglesos. Codi: EA0938. Curs acadèmic 2014-2015Although an unexpect...
Lots of Old Norse words have flowed into English through the contact between Anglo-Saxons and Viking...
Treball Final de Grau en Estudis Anglesos. Codi: EA0938. Curs acadèmic: 2016/2017One of the ways in ...
This chapter assesses the use of a small selection of Old English loanwords in Viking Age skaldic ve...
The poem known as The Battle of Maldon tells in circumstantial detail the story of one of the many E...
This project is the first holistic survey of the major verbs of speech in Old English Poetry. In par...
This book focuses on the Norse-derived vocabulary in the works of Archbishop Wulfstan II of York (d....
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is among the earliest vernacular chronicles of Western Europe and remains ...
Abstract The purpose of this essay has been to examine the connection between the established viking...
Scholarship on The Battle of Maldon has focused largely on the poem’s his-toricity: it has grappled ...
This paper seeks to illustrate the influence of Old Norse on the English lexicon. The theoretical pa...
The Vikings from Scandinavia invaded the British Isles during the late eighth century. They prevaile...
The beasts of battle motif in medieval literature has received extensive scholarly scrutiny in Old E...
This project is the first holistic survey of the major verbs of speech in Old English Poetry. In par...