Lutz A (2022)
Publication Type: Journal article
Publication year: 2022
Book Volume: 140
Pages Range: 190-223
Journal Issue: 2
The use of Norse loanwords in Old English poetry seems to be restricted to historical poems in praise of prominent contemporaries. It is demonstrated that the few Norse loans in these poems neither contribute to the laudatory character of such texts nor serve as new, additional means of stylistic enrichment. Instead, the Norse loans in these late Old English historical poems can be shown to have been used to add factual plausibility to such poems as historical texts. This contrasts with the use of Norse loanwords in Middle English poems.
APA:
Lutz, A. (2022). The Use of Norse Loanwords in Late Old English Historical Poems. Anglia, 140(2), 190-223. https://dx.doi.org/10.1515/ang-2022-0018
MLA:
Lutz, Angelika. "The Use of Norse Loanwords in Late Old English Historical Poems." Anglia 140.2 (2022): 190-223.
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