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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Publicado en:	Amsterdamer Beiträge zur Älteren Germanistik Vol. 83; no. 2; pp. 146 - 165
Autor principal:	Sayers, William
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Brill Academic Publishers 2023
Materias:	Verdicts Legal judgments Poetry (Literary form) Songs Memorialization
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