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Lexical Evidence for the Relative Chronology of Old English Poetry

Year: 2019

Type: article

Abstract: : This article explores the dating implications of rare vocabulary attested in Beowulf, Genesis A, Daniel, Exodus, Maxims I, and Widsið. It argues that these poems preserve an archaic lexical stratum, which consists of words that became obsolete before the composition of ninth-century poetry and prose.Keywords: Beowulf, Anglo-Saxon Literature, History of the English Language, Germanic Philology, Lexicology.

Source: SELIM Journal of the Spanish Society for Medieval English Language and Literature

DOI: 10.17811/selim.20.2013.7-48

Author: Leonard Neidorf

Institution: Harvard University

Language: English

Topic: Medieval Literature and History

Subfield: Classics

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W6944125658

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