Ráð Rétt Rúnar: reading the runes in Old English and Old Norse poetry
Responding to the common plea in medieval inscriptions to ráð rétt rúnar, to ‘interpret the runes correctly’, this thesis provides a series of contextual readings of the runic topos in Anglo-Saxon and Old Norse poetry. The first chapter looks at the use of runes in the Old English riddles, examining...
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| Jezik: | English |
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2011
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