Mythological Names and dróttkvætt Formulae I: When is a Valkyrie Like a Spear?
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 realized. Metrically entangled kennings in Old Norse dróttkvætt poetry provide mate...
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| Language: | English |
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University of Tartu Press
2014-04-01
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| Series: | Studia Metrica et Poetica |
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| Online Access: | https://ojs.utlib.ee/index.php/smp/article/view/1283 |