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‘Hwǣr is wuldor ϸīn?’: Traditional Poetic Diction and the Alien Text in the Old English Andreas

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Published in 2017 at "Peritia"

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