Ransacking the wordhord: the stylistic use of Old English lexical borrowings in Viking Age skaldic poetry
This chapter assesses the use of a small selection of Old English loanwords in Viking Age skaldic verse (hearra/harri, heretoga/hertogi, sāwol/sála, godfæder/goðfaðir). Drawing on modern sociolinguistic and stylistic theory, it argues that the perceived...
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Brepols Publishers
2020
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