Words Derived from Old Norse in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight : An Etymological Survey Paperback / softback
by Richard (Soft Resources, Inc., Seattle, Washington) Dance
Part of the Publications of the Philological Society series
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The most rigorous description ever undertaken of the Scandinavian influence on the vocabulary of a major Middle English text, and a new model for the collection and analysis of Norse loans in any English source. A new survey of the etymological evidence for nearly 500 words in one of the most famous and important Middle English poemsConducted in accordance with a groundbreaking new system of etymological classification, and with references to all relevant previous scholarship going back to the nineteenth centuryContains new insights into the etymologies, forms, meanings and textual interpretation of hundreds of Middle English wordsIncludes a new introduction to the scholarly study of the Old Norse influence on English vocabulary, including a detailed discussion of methodologies
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:272 pages
- Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Publication Date:06/09/2019
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- ISBN:9781119580027
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:272 pages
- Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Publication Date:06/09/2019
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- ISBN:9781119580027
