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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Old Icelandic"”.
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Grágás : an examination of the content and technique of the old Icelandic Law Books, focussed on Þingskapaþáttr (the 'Assembly Section').
… the surviving formal record of the rules of Old Icelandic law from the period of the Icelandic commonwealth (930 - 1262 A.D.) as recorded close to or after the end of that period . The basis of the dissertation is a closely analytical and annotated translation of the main procedural sections …
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On the dative singular -u ending in monosyllabic strong feminine ō-stem substantives in Old Icelandic: An overview and longitudinal study
… strong feminine ō-stem substantives in Modern Icelandic is typically a null, or zero, ending, where there was at a much earlier stage a -u ending. This archaic dative singular -u ending was already on the decline in Old Icelandic but can still be seen at this time in select lexical items. The …
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"Redefining Gender Through the Arena of the Male Body: The Reception of Thomas's Tristan in the Old French ""Le Chevalier De La Charette"" and the Old Icelandic ""Saga Af Tristram Ok Isodd"
… de Troyes' Le Chevalier de la Charette and the Old Icelandic Saga af Tristram ok Isodd. Both of these texts are responses to the Old French Tristan romance and both deny the sexual ambiguity of the Tristan figure by reconfiguring the equation of male body and masculinity that is typical of …
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"I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soul." A functional analysis of fate in Fornaldarsögur
It has been long accepted that the Old Icelandic literature is full of a strong feeling of fatalism. Fate is commonly regarded as something predetermined that the characters have no other choice than to embrace. However, this vision leaves little space to the free will of actions that makes a great …
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Þá varð hlátr mikill: On the role of laughter in Old Norse saga literature
… laughing, grinning, and smiling, represented by Old Norse *hlæja* (to laugh), *glotta* (to grin), *brosa* (to smile), and their cognates. Even though this analysis is informed by all of these instances, a selection has been made of the most intriguing and relevant examples to be looked at in …
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Wessex and the origins of the Danelaw: Borders, frontiers, and borderlands
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2023-09-01 without embargo terms