Margaret Ashdown

English and Norse Documents

Relating to the Reign of Ethelred the Unready

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Originally published in 1930, this book contains the text of Old English and Norse documents pertaining to events around the Battle of Maldon.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 326
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Februar 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 461g
• ISBN-13: 9781107419230
• ISBN-10: 1107419239
• Artikelnr.: 41250606

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Table of abbreviations
Part I. English Texts: Introduction
Text and translation: 1. The Battle of Maldon
2. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (C), annals 978-1017
Notes
Part II. Norse Texts: Introduction
Note on the text of the Norse extracts
Text and translation: 3. Óláfsdrápa (erfidrápa) by Hallfreor Vandraeoaskald
4. Knútsdrápa by Óttarr Svarti
5. Liosmannaflokkr
6. Ágrip, cc. 13-30
7. Ólafs Saga Tryggvasonar (Fms. III), cc. 285-286
8. Ólafs Saga Helga (Hk.), cc. 12-16, 20, 24-29, 130-131
9. Ólafs Saga Ins Helga (Fl.), cc. 20-21
10. Jómsvíkinga Saga (A. M. 291), cc. 13-14
11. Gunnlaugs Saga Ormstungu, cc. 8-10, 15
Notes
Appendix I. The metre of The Battle of Maldon
Appendix IIa. The language of The Battle of Maldon
Appendix IIb. The language of The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (C), annals 978-1017
Appendix III. Extracts from other texts of The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Appendix IV. A note on skaldic verse, with an analysis of the kennings of the Norse texts
Index of personal names
Index of place-names and names of peoples.