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The Old Norse Poetic Meter Kviðuháttr as a Medium for History's Verdict.

The name of the Old Norse poetic meter kviðuháttr , as employed in historical poems such as Ynglingatal , is generally understood as meaning 'song' or 'poem meter'. Rather than accepting this designation at face value, the article hypothesizes an original * kviðsháttr or 'verdict meter' (< kviðr 've...

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Published in:Amsterdamer Beiträge zur Älteren Germanistik Vol. 83; no. 2; pp. 146 - 165
Main Author: Sayers, William
Format: Article
Published: Brill Academic Publishers 2023
Subjects:
Verdicts
Legal judgments
Poetry (Literary form)
Songs
Memorialization
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