Journal article
Beowulf 1889b, Andreas 1221b and Old English poetic style
- Abstract:
- In a short paragraph of his ‘Die Metrik des Beowulf’ (1885), Eduard Sievers proposed emendation of preterite plural bǣron to infinitival beran at l. 1889b. This emendation has much to commend it, but it has not been accepted by the majority of editors of the poem. This article adduces new palaeographical, metrical and stylistic evidence in support of Sievers’s proposal, and it also argues that the preterite plural forms bǣron and mǣton at Andreas 1221b and Beowulf 1633b should likewise be emended to infinitival beran and metan.
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.1080/00393274.2020.1765864
Authors
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Journal:
- Studia Neophilologica More from this journal
- Volume:
- 93
- Issue:
- 1
- Pages:
- 12-23
- Publication date:
- 2020-06-12
- Acceptance date:
- 2020-05-04
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0039-3274
- Language:
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English
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- Pubs id:
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1170908
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2021-04-12
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- Society for Studia Neophilologica
- Copyright date:
- 2020
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