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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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Published in:Arthuriana Vol. 22; no. 1; pp. 109 - 118
Main Author: Van Deusen, Natalie M.
Format: Literary Criticism
Published: Arthuriana Spring2012
Subjects:
Old Norse literature
Historical semantics
Comparative semantics
Old Norse terms & phrases
Iseult (Legendary character)
Color in literature
Textual criticism
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary: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.