Stiles, P;
(2019)
Beowulf 33a and Hapax Legomena.
Neophilologus
10.1007/s11061-019-09621-w.
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Abstract
It is pointed out that ūtfūs in line 33a of the Old English poem Beowulf is not a hapax legomenon, as it appears in two late Middle English verse texts. It is also argued that the first word of the half line, manuscript īsiġ, is a hapax legomenon in English, if emendation to īliġ is accepted. The distribution of this latter adjective in West Germanic and its meaning are discussed.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Beowulf 33a and Hapax Legomena |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s11061-019-09621-w |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1007/s11061-019-09621-w |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in the credit line; if the material is not included under the Creative Commons license, users will need to obtain permission from the license holder to reproduce the material. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
| Keywords: | Old English, Beowulf, Hapax legomena, OE ūtfūs, ME outfous, OE īsiġ/īliġ, German eilig |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Dept of English Lang and Literature |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10087135 |
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