Old Norse Research Articles

Beowulf & other stories: a new introduction to old English, old Icelandic and Anglo-Norman literatures

List of plates and maps. Preface to the second edition. Acknowledgements. Publisher's Acknowledgements. 1. Why read Old English Literature? An introduction to this book. Richard North, David Crystal and Joe Allard. Names to Look Out For. Joe Allard and Richard North. 2. Is it relevant? Old English influence on The Lord of the Rings. Clive Tolley. 3. Is violence what Old English literature is about? Beowulf and other battlers: an introduction to Beowulf. Andy Orchard. 4. Is there more like Beowulf? Old English minor heroic poems. Richard North. 5. What else is there?. Joyous Play and Bitter Tears: the Riddles and the Elegies. Jennifer Neville. 6. How Christian is OE literature? The Dream of the Rood and Anglo-Saxon Northumbria. Eamonn O Carragain and Richard North. 7. How did OE literature start? Caedmon the cowherd and Old English biblical verse. Bryan Weston Wyly. 8. Were all the poets monks? Monasteries and courts: Alcuin and Offa. Andy Orchard. 9. What was it like to be in the Anglo-Saxon or Viking World? Material culture: archaeology and text. Michael Bintley. 10. Did the Anglo-Saxons write fiction? Old English prose: King Alfred and his books. Susan Irvine. 11. How difficult is the Old English language? The Old English language. Peter S. Baker. 12. When were the Vikings in England? Viking wars and The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. Jayne Carroll. Notes on the Old Norse language. Richard North. 13. What gods did the Vikings worship? Viking religion: Old Norse mythology. Terry Gunnell. 14. Just who were the Vikings anyway? Sagas of Icelanders. Joe Allard. 15. Were there stories in late OE literature? Prose writers of the English Benedictine Reform. Stewart Brookes. 16. What happened when the Normans arrived?. Anglo-Norman literature: the road to Middle English. Patricia Gillies. Epilogue. The end of Old English? David Crystal. The editors and the contributors. Index

Old Norse and Scots in Orkney

Old Norse and Scots in Orkney

Sidelights on post-conquest Canterbury: towards a context for an Old Norse runic charm (DR 419)

On accepte generalement qu'une sorte de langage scandinave etait encore parle dans certaines regions du nord et de l'est des Midlands dans la seconde partie du XIe siecle, la ou, aux IXe et Xe siecles, le peuplement scandinave avait ete assez intensif. Il existe un manuscrit en vieux norrois ecrit en lettres runiques, faisant aujourd'hui partie de BL MS Cotton Caligula A.xv, compile dans la cathedrale de Canterbury pendant la periode qui a immediatement suivi la conquete et qui est date de 1073-6. Il s'agit d'un charme, souvent reference comme le Charme de Canterbury, mais plus souvent encore comme le Charme runique de Canterbury (DR 419). Cet article examine ce document

Note: Vikings IV: is Sceillec Old Norse?

Note: Vikings IV: is Sceillec Old Norse?

The Sami People in Old Norse Literature

The Sami People in Old Norse Literature

The Origin of the nn/ð Alternation in Old Icelandic

The Origin of the <i>nn/ð</i> Alternation in Old Icelandic

Old Norse images of women

Old Norse images of women

Literacy, Royal Power, and King-Poet Relations in Old English and Old Norse Compositions

IN OLD NORSE WORKS, kings often steal acts of praise from the poets who normally offer these judgements. The motivation for these thefts comes from a tradition of competitiveness within Anglo-Saxon and Scandinavian societies: most characters in sagas and heroic poems, especially in compositions that seem to come from an oral tradition, compete constantly with one another and with characters from the past.' The verbal combat between political leaders and poets in Old Norse works provides a useful case study of this general competition. This king-poet competition appears to have three consecutive stages, which trace a decline in the social influence of court poets, and of oral poets in general, as the kings of Anglo-Saxon England and Scandinavia come to use the newly introduced and powerful technique of writing to extend their dominance.2

Old Icelandic

Old Icelandic

Gothic bagms and Old Icelandic ylgr

Gothic <i>bagms</i> and Old Icelandic <i>ylgr</i>

The outcome of /Ir/ and /nr/ in Old Icelandic

L'A. examine les conditions de preservation, d'assimilation et de deletion du /r/ apparaissant immediatement apres /l/ et /n/ en vieil-islandais. Il propose une explication aux elements observes et discute leurs implications pour un modele phonologique general

Authors, dead and alive, in Old Norse fiction

Authors, dead and alive, in Old Norse fiction

Gods and Giants in Old Norse Mythology

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Irony in the Old English and Old Norse interrogative situation

Irony in the Old English and Old Norse interrogative situation

PRESUPPOSITION IN OLD NORSE COMPARATIVE CONSTRUCTIONS*

Transactions of the Philological SocietyVolume 86, Issue 1 p. 44-62 PRESUPPOSITION IN OLD NORSE COMPARATIVE CONSTRUCTIONS* Thomas Krisch, Thomas Krisch Institut für Sprachwissenchaft, Mühlbacherhofweg 6, A-5020 Salzburg, AustriaSearch for more papers by this author Thomas Krisch, Thomas Krisch Institut für Sprachwissenchaft, Mühlbacherhofweg 6, A-5020 Salzburg, AustriaSearch for more papers by this author First published: May 1988 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-968X.1988.tb00392.x * This is an extended version of a paper which I read at the VII International Conference for Historical Linguistics 1985 in Pavia. I would lie to thank several participants of the congress for discussion, especially Kristjh Amasson, Finn Hansen, Paul Hopper, and W. P. Lehmann. I also thank Oswald Panagl, Salzburg, for various suggestions, Deborah Folsche-Forrow for checking the English of the manuscript and my Icelandic informant Guanin Jonsdottir. Last but not least I thank two anonymous readers of ‘Language’ and the referees of the ‘Transactions’ for many useful hints. I should like to dedicate this paper to Professor Ingo Reiffenstein, Salzburg, on the occasion of his 60th birthday. AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat Volume86, Issue1May 1988Pages 44-62 RelatedInformation

Old Icelandic Giants and their Names

Old Icelandic Giants and their Names

Old Icelandic völva: A New Derivation

Old Icelandic völva: A New Derivation

EXCEPTIONS TO OLD ICELANDIC I‐UMLAUT

Studia LinguisticaVolume 33, Issue 1 p. 43-56 EXCEPTIONS TO OLD ICELANDIC I-UMLAUT Eva Ejerhed Braroe, Eva Ejerhed Braroe Department of Linguistics Umeå UniversitySearch for more papers by this author Eva Ejerhed Braroe, Eva Ejerhed Braroe Department of Linguistics Umeå UniversitySearch for more papers by this author First published: June 1979 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9582.1979.tb00675.xCitations: 4AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Citing Literature Volume33, Issue1June 1979Pages 43-56 RelatedInformation

Rasmus Kristian Rask. A Grammar of the Icelandic or Old Norse Tongue. Translated by Sir George Webbe Dasent

Rasmus Kristian Rask. A Grammar of the Icelandic or Old Norse Tongue. Translated by Sir George Webbe Dasent

Beowulf's Swimming Contest with Breca: Old Norse Parallels

(1978). Beowulf's Swimming Contest with Breca: Old Norse Parallels. Folklore: Vol. 89, No. 1, pp. 52-59.