The History of Early English Literature: Being the History of English Poetry from Its Beginnings to the Accession of King AElfred, Volume 2Macmillan, 1892 - 502 páginas |
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... given are as accurate as I could make them . I do not mean that there are no mistakes in them , which would be an insolence I should soon repent , - but I mean that there is nothing out of my own fancy added to the translation . The ...
... given are as accurate as I could make them . I do not mean that there are no mistakes in them , which would be an insolence I should soon repent , - but I mean that there is nothing out of my own fancy added to the translation . The ...
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... given to me throughout the writing of this book . She made the map which accom- panies these volumes , and the Index is also her work . I have had the map drawn to illustrate the chapter which treats of the question - Why Northumbria ...
... given to me throughout the writing of this book . She made the map which accom- panies these volumes , and the Index is also her work . I have had the map drawn to illustrate the chapter which treats of the question - Why Northumbria ...
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... ) Two vellum leaves found by Professor Wer- lauff in the National Library at Copenhagen contain two fragments of a poem to which the name of Waldhere has been given . CALIFORNIA CHAPTER I WIDSITH , DEOR , AND THE SCOP xiv.
... ) Two vellum leaves found by Professor Wer- lauff in the National Library at Copenhagen contain two fragments of a poem to which the name of Waldhere has been given . CALIFORNIA CHAPTER I WIDSITH , DEOR , AND THE SCOP xiv.
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... given to the poet by the writer of the introduction , and this seems the best explanation of the term . The sugges- tion that it is another name for Woden , and that Widsith is therefore a mythological person , does not seem to have ...
... given to the poet by the writer of the introduction , and this seems the best explanation of the term . The sugges- tion that it is another name for Woden , and that Widsith is therefore a mythological person , does not seem to have ...
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... given to Offa of Ongle . We hear also of personages known to us from the poem of Beowulf , of Finn , and Hnaef , of Hrothgar , Ingeld , and of the town of Heorot . It is a list of great importance for the history of the ancient tribes ...
... given to Offa of Ongle . We hear also of personages known to us from the poem of Beowulf , of Finn , and Hnaef , of Hrothgar , Ingeld , and of the town of Heorot . It is a list of great importance for the history of the ancient tribes ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
Ælfred Ætheling Alcuin ancient Andrew Anglo-Saxon Baeda battle beast belong Beowulf Bishop Breca brought Caedmon Christ Christian cliffs conjecture Cuthbert Cynewulf Danes death dragon Ealdhelm earth Ecgberht eighth century Elene England English poetry Exeter Book Fates fight Geat Genesis glory Grendel Guthlac hall hand heart heathen Heaven Heliand hell helm Hengest Heorot hero holy host Hrothgar Hygd Hygelac imagination Ingeld Irish king land Latin legend Lindisfarne lines literary literature lived Lord Mercia monastery monks myth night noble North Northumbria o'er ocean passage phrase poem poet poetic riddle Roman Rood runes saga sang says Sceaf Scyld seems shield ship sing song sorrow soul speaks spears spirit storm story sung sword tale tells Teutonic thee thegns things thou thought translation trees verse Wanderer warriors waves Welsh Wessex West Saxon Whitby whole Widsith Woden words writer written Wyrd