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THE SPELLING OF BRUNANBURH.

Authors :
WOOD, MICHAEL
Source :
Notes & Queries. Sep2017, Vol. 64 Issue 3, p365-369. 5p.
Publication Year :
2017

Abstract

The author discusses the spelling of the place name in the Anglo-Saxon poem Brunanburh. He mentions variant spellings in the poem which appears in the "Anglo-Saxon chronicle," the possibility that variant spellings referred to different places, and alternate sources which also contain variant spellings.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00293970
Volume :
64
Issue :
3
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Notes & Queries
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
125738221
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1093/notesj/gjx100