A History of English Literature: From the beginnings to 1700. 2d edNaouka i Izkoustvo, 1970 - English literature |
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... Icelandic term for such decorative phrases was ke n- ning , and the name has been adopted now for Germanic poetry in general . The Old English kennings are less complicated and florid than the Icelandic , but they belong in the same ...
... Icelandic term for such decorative phrases was ke n- ning , and the name has been adopted now for Germanic poetry in general . The Old English kennings are less complicated and florid than the Icelandic , but they belong in the same ...
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... Icelandic Ha va mal The High One's Lay ' , the code of manners and worldly wisdom put into the mouth of Woden in the E d d a . Though more poetical , the tone and quality of the advice is very similar : The fir - tree dies , alone on ...
... Icelandic Ha va mal The High One's Lay ' , the code of manners and worldly wisdom put into the mouth of Woden in the E d d a . Though more poetical , the tone and quality of the advice is very similar : The fir - tree dies , alone on ...
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... Icelandic prose version , and the Ger- man version , the most famous of all , by Gottfried of Strassburg . Un- fortunately only fragments of Thomas's poem have survived , about 3000 lines out of 20,000 , but with them and the Icelandic ...
... Icelandic prose version , and the Ger- man version , the most famous of all , by Gottfried of Strassburg . Un- fortunately only fragments of Thomas's poem have survived , about 3000 lines out of 20,000 , but with them and the Icelandic ...
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