What's in a Nonce? Nautical Lexis in Orms páttr Stórólfssonar.
The article examines the technical vocabulary in the Norse-Icelandic tale "Orms páttr Stórólfssonar." Author C. J. S. Marstrander argues that the Irish word birrling originally designated as a part of a ship and only later a ship type. It is claimed that many historical and literary reminiscences ex...
| Publicado en: | Scandinavian Studies Vol. 78; no. 2; pp. 111 - 129 |
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University of Wisconsin Press
Summer2006
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| Sumario: | The article examines the technical vocabulary in the Norse-Icelandic tale "Orms páttr Stórólfssonar." Author C. J. S. Marstrander argues that the Irish word birrling originally designated as a part of a ship and only later a ship type. It is claimed that many historical and literary reminiscences exist in the tale. |
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