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Autor:
William Sayers
Publikováno v:
Studia Linguistica Universitatis Cracoviensis, Vol 2024, Iss 1, Pp 279-290 (2024)
In a revisionist reading of Bede’s account of the miraculous transformation of the lay brother Cædmon into a skilled poet in the Anglo-Saxon vernacular, this essay proposes that his bicultural origins (British, Anglo-Saxon) and poetic skill won hi
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https://doaj.org/article/45c1d4b518d541a0abdefbe5f46a476f
Autor:
William Sayers
Publikováno v:
Studia Linguistica Universitatis Cracoviensis, Vol 2023, Iss 4, Pp 287-307 (2023)
The Icelandic chieftain Óláfr Hǫskuldsson of Laxdæla saga is the son of an enslaved Irish princess, Melkorka, yet is still judged a candidate to succeed her father as an Irish king. His choice to return to Iceland is validated by his subsequent s
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/08159108e45f41dd996f0c87a14eec96
Autor:
Haukur Þorgeirsson, William Sayers
Publikováno v:
Scandinavian-Canadian Studies, Vol 30 (2023)
The late-medieval Icelandic poem Skaufalabálkur describes the final hunting trip of an old fox in a style mimicking heroic epic. The work is traditionally connected with poets working at or near Skarð in Western-Iceland in the 15th century and we a
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https://doaj.org/article/43fce309474142c0963f1d89d23e53fc
Autor:
William Sayers
Publikováno v:
Maal og Minne, Vol 113, Iss 2 (2021)
Lösningen av textkritiska svårigheter i en berättelse från Morkinskinna om ett segel som skänks Haraldr harðráði Sigurðarson inleds med en undersökning av det underhållningsvärde som erbjuds av tvíræði eller tvetydighet i fornnordisk d
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/d768a3a3a2a34b0ead9fbfdb56b76425
Autor:
William Sayers
Publikováno v:
Scandinavian-Canadian Studies, Vol 24 (2018)
ABSTRACT: Current studies on, and translations of, Egils saga Skallagrímssonar approach weapons, in particular their metallurgical composition and forged details, with little reflection of recent advances in archaeology, both classic and experiment
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/fa2f6e6e93074fb1831d443e6eccfafd
Autor:
William Sayers
Publikováno v:
Scripta Islandica, Vol 66, Pp 143-176 (2015)
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/f8d8badd5cd04238bd22ed6e25b4c006
Autor:
William Sayers
Publikováno v:
Miscelánea: A Journal of English and American Studies, Vol 35 (2013)
Popular language presents special difficulties for the lexicographer and etymologist, professional and amateur. Moniker ‘nickname, alias’ has found numerous explanations, none convincing. The term is traced to Old Irish ainm ‘name’, subsequen
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/63f223b9d39746a5932350cad5600bfb
Autor:
William Sayers
Publikováno v:
Miscelánea: A Journal of English and American Studies, Vol 45 (2013)
Exploration of the possible origins of the name John Doe.
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/f26ef8101b874e8dbf2457356ca955ee
Autor:
William Sayers
Publikováno v:
Moderna Språk, Vol 103, Iss 2 (2009)
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/a776afee1a3846a394f6fb01a3edee67
Autor:
William Sayers
Publikováno v:
Miscelánea: A Journal of English and American Studies, Vol 39 (2009)
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/637e223729ed41919301a87619d63c7f