WEAVING WORDS LAW AND PERFORMANCE IN EARLY NORDIC TRADITION.
The reference to málrúnar or 'speech runes' in Sigrdrífumál suggests a performative aspect to the practice of early Germanic law that transcends the swearing of oaths and the reciting of law codes attested to by literary sources. Indeed early runic texts often feature alliteration, much as do the ol...
| Publicado en: | Amsterdamer Beiträge zur Älteren Germanistik Vol. 70; pp. 131 - 151 |
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Brill Academic Publishers
2013
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