Widsith A Study In Old English Heroic LegendCUP Archive, 1912 - 263 pages |
Contents
OF THE FRANKS AND OF THE LOMBARDS | 66 |
THE GEOGRAPHY OF WIDSITH | 153 |
THE LANGUAGE AND METRE OF WIDSITH | 178 |
TEXT OF WIDSITH WITH NOTES | 187 |
A Bibliography | 225 |
M Schüttes Law of initial and terminal stress | 255 |
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Angles Anglian apparently argued Attila battle Beowulf Burgundians called catalogue century certainly chief coast common connection critics Danes Danish death doubt Eadgils Ealhhild earlier early East edition England Eormanric epic Ermanaric Ettmüller evidence fact father fight figure followed Franks Frisian German Germania given gives Gothic Goths Grimm hall hand hero heroic High identify interpolation interpretation Introduction islands Italy Jordanes king known land late later lines Lombard lord means mentioned Möller Müllenhoff Myrgings Nerthus North occurs Offa Old English original passage Pauls Grdr perhaps poem poet poetry points probably reason recorded reference regarded retainer Roman ruled saga Saxo Saxons seems sixth song story Stud suggested supposed Tacitus tale tells Theodoric theory Thorpe told tradition tribes whilst Widsith