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The Matter of blár in Tristrams kv…ði.

This article explores the color of the sails on Ísodd the Fair's ship in three of the four versions of Tristrams kv…ði. Specifically, it discusses Ísodd the Dark's declaration of the sails' color as svört instead of blá in light of what seems to be a semantic overlap between svartr and blár in Old N...

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Publicado en:Arthuriana Vol. 22; no. 1; pp. 109 - 118
Autor principal: Van Deusen, Natalie M.
Formato: Literary Criticism
Publicado: Arthuriana Spring2012
Materias:
Old Norse literature
Historical semantics
Comparative semantics
Old Norse terms & phrases
Iseult (Legendary character)
Color in literature
Textual criticism
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Sumario:This article explores the color of the sails on Ísodd the Fair's ship in three of the four versions of Tristrams kv…ði. Specifically, it discusses Ísodd the Dark's declaration of the sails' color as svört instead of blá in light of what seems to be a semantic overlap between svartr and blár in Old Norse-Icelandic.