The Englishman and the Scandinavian; or, A comparison of Anglo-Saxon and Old Norse literature

Front matter

Ar A ill Ik P-AlAbfoj,

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OLIN

Contents

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the Weland myth—" The Ruin" — The sombre tone of Anglo- Saxon poetty — " The "Whale" — The Gnomic verses a string of proverbial sayings — Murder will out—" The Departed Soul's Address to the Body" found in Icelandic — Alliterations — The German poem of " Gudrun "-^'Was there an Anglo-Saxon Edda? — The expedient of the missionaries— Their use of mythic words — An old Shetland ditty — "King Waldere's Lay," ........ 129-159

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Conclusion

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The power and range of Old English and of Old Norae — The Scandinavian pen very versatile — Vast numbers of Anglo-Saxon writings may or may not have perished — The Aureus Codex most likely written by Irish monks at Bobbio— The Lindisfarne Gospels — Much in "Beowulf " has a strong Scandinavian tinge — Aldhelm gets a MS. cheap — Picture-words in the Old Norse — * Blue-moor ' for the sea — Many features of our natural scenery reappear in Scandinavian— Sweyne's vow — The god Thor driving through the air — Our national character partly derived from Scandinavia — Rask's verdict on the Icelandic tongue, 1 . . . . . . . . 480-486