The Insular Landscape of the Old English Poem The Phoenix
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DOI: 10.1007/s11061-017-9531-y
Abstract: The opening section of the Old English poem The Phoenix derives from a fourth-century Latin poem, Carmen de ave phoenice, which is usually attributed to Lactantius. It is well known that The Phoenix Christianises and… read more here.
Keywords: english poem; poem phoenix; old english; landscape ... See more keywords
Nicolay Yakovlev’s Theory of Old English Meter: a Reassessment
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DOI: 10.1007/s11061-019-09624-7
Abstract: This article gauges the plausibility of Nicolay Yakovlev’s theory of Old English meter. Although he accepts the four-position principle of Eduard Sievers, Yakovlev dissents from the Sieversian tradition by arguing that morphology determines the invariable… read more here.
Keywords: old english; theory old; yakovlev theory; nicolay yakovlev ... See more keywords
Potentiality and Possibility: An Overview of Beowulf and Queer Theory
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DOI: 10.1007/s11061-020-09636-8
Abstract: In 1990, Teresa de Lauretis coined “queer theory”, which subsequently sparked discussion of non-normative gender and sexuality in literature. Despite the theory’s codification nearly 30 years ago, there are few queer approaches to the foundational Old… read more here.
Keywords: theory; queer theory; queer; old english ... See more keywords
Holiness in Old English: The Construction of the Sacred in Ælfric’s Lives of Saints
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DOI: 10.1007/s11061-020-09648-4
Abstract: The designation of spaces, objects, and people as sacred is a cross-cultural phenomenon, yet the conceptual category of the sacred differs across cultures in terms of how it is constructed and how it interacts with… read more here.
Keywords: construction; old english; model; holiness old ... See more keywords
Echoes of Eriugena in the Old English Boethius
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DOI: 10.1007/s11061-021-09674-w
Abstract: This article identifies a passage from Eriugena’s Periphyseon as a source for an interpolation in the Old English Boethius. The interpolation introduces an unambiguous reference to the Neoplatonic idea of reditus, the return of all… read more here.
Keywords: old english; english boethius; eriugena old; echoes eriugena ... See more keywords
Beowulf 501b and the authority of Old English poetical manuscripts
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DOI: 10.1007/s11061-021-09678-6
Abstract: In his Old English grammar, A. Campbell put forward his theory of Old English accentuation, according to which disyllabic words like Bēowulf and ǣniġ receive a half-stress only if made trisyllabic by the addition of… read more here.
Keywords: english poetical; beowulf 501b; authority old; poetical manuscripts ... See more keywords
The basic valency orientation of Old English and the causative ja-formation: a synchronic and diachronic approach
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DOI: 10.1017/s1360674318000345
Abstract: The basic valency orientation of Old English has been addressed in a number of studies, without any consensus emerging so far. From a synchronic point of view, a key question is whether the pronounced tendency… read more here.
Keywords: valency orientation; causative formation; basic valency; old english ... See more keywords
The Old English Name of the S-Rune and “Sun” in Germanic
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DOI: 10.1017/s1470542716000192
Abstract: The name of the Old English s-rune, sigil, as found in various medieval manuscripts, is puzzling, as it is the only Anglo-Saxon rune name that is etymologically a loan word. This article examines the variant… read more here.
Keywords: english name; rune; old english; name ... See more keywords
Grammaticalization and deflexion in progress. The past participle in the Old English passive
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DOI: 10.1080/00393274.2018.1463823
Abstract: ABSTRACTThis article deals with the Old English adjectival construction that consists of the copulative verb bēon ‘to be’ and the past participle. Grammaticalization is gauged as to the agreement between the subject noun phrase and… read more here.
Keywords: deflexion progress; old english; grammaticalization deflexion; grammaticalization ... See more keywords
Old English sǣte and the historical significance of ‘folk’ names
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DOI: 10.1111/emed.12226
Abstract: Old English sǣte names survive in documentary sources and place-names, and have been used in historical discourse as evidence for early and middle Anglo-Saxon socio-political organization. Earlier analyses, founded on incomplete datasets, have attempted to… read more here.
Keywords: historical significance; old english; english historical; folk names ... See more keywords
‘Hwǣr is wuldor ϸīn?’: Traditional Poetic Diction and the Alien Text in the Old English Andreas
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DOI: 10.1484/j.perit.5.114568
Abstract: The Old English poem Andreas has traditionally been considered inferior to other texts such as Beowulf, owing to its apparent borrowing of phraseology. This paper argues that verbal parallels are p... read more here.
Keywords: diction alien; old english; poetic diction; alien text ... See more keywords