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... Battle of Maldon there are two Wul ( f ) mærs and two Godrics . The Battle of Maldon , however , really when examined is evidence on the other side . We may leave apart the consideration that it is a poem on rather a different plane to ...
... Battle of Maldon there are two Wul ( f ) mærs and two Godrics . The Battle of Maldon , however , really when examined is evidence on the other side . We may leave apart the consideration that it is a poem on rather a different plane to ...
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... war - high ( hyse unweaxen - Battle of Maldon 152 ) . This is , of course , impossible of Hnæf , but that the word could be used in verse more vaguely , of men of full growth , is seen plainly in other occurrences in The Battle of Maldon ...
... war - high ( hyse unweaxen - Battle of Maldon 152 ) . This is , of course , impossible of Hnæf , but that the word could be used in verse more vaguely , of men of full growth , is seen plainly in other occurrences in The Battle of Maldon ...
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... Maldon ) , 53 but guð - rec was probably a nonce - compound , in this highly compressed episode , conveying that the smoke was the final act in the dreadful battle . 54 Note that the emendation should not be to a word meaning ' lament ...
... Maldon ) , 53 but guð - rec was probably a nonce - compound , in this highly compressed episode , conveying that the smoke was the final act in the dreadful battle . 54 Note that the emendation should not be to a word meaning ' lament ...
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GLOSSARY OF NAMES | 9 |
TEXTUAL COMMENTARY | 16 |
RECONSTRUCTION | 53 |
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