Runic and Heroic Poems of the Old Teutonic Peoples

Runic and heroic poems of the old Teutonic peoples (1915)
translated by Bruce Dickins

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2906354Runic and heroic poems of the old Teutonic peoples1915Bruce Dickins

RUNIC AND HEROIC POEMS

OF THE OLD TEUTONIC PEOPLES

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
C. F. CLAY, Manager
London: FETTER LANE, E.C.
Edinburgh: 100 PRINCES STREET

New York: G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS
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Toronto: J. M. DENT AND SONS, Ltd.
Tokyo: THE MRUZEN-KABUSHIKI-KAISHA

RUNIC AND HEROIC POEMS
OF THE OLD TEUTONIC PEOPLES

edited by

BRUCE DICKINS
Allen Scholar
Sometime Scholar of Magdalene College

Cambridge:
at the University Press
1915

Cambridge:
PRINTED BY JOHN CLAY, M.A.
AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS

Chapters (not listed in original)

CONTENTS

PAGE

THE RUNIC POEMS

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Introduction

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1

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Bibliography

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9

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Text, Translation and Notes

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The Anglo-Saxon Poem

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12

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The Norwegian Poem

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24

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The Icelandic Poem

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28

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Appendix: the Abecedarium Nordmannicum

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34

THE HEROIC POEMS

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Introduction

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37

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Bibliography

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50

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Text, Translation and Notes

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The Anglo-Saxon Waldhere

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56

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The Anglo-Saxon Finn

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64

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The Anglo-Saxon Deor

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70

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The Old High German Hildebrand

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78

General Bibliography

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86

Index

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92

The Runic Alphabet figured

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x

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