Volume 36 the Subsidia series is the last in this series. "Books Most Needful to Know" is the newest edition in the Richard Rawlinson Series's OEN Subsidia. It includes essays covering topics such as ...

style and verse form among Old English, Old Norse, Old Saxon and Old High German. One school of thought, once espoused widely and not without adherents today, holds that the belief in fate was a key ...

This book traces the development of hypermetric verse in Old English and compares it to the cognate traditions of Old Norse and Old Saxon. The study illustrates the inherent flexibility of the ...

This online mythology course is an introduction to the religion of the Vikings as it is recorded in Old Norse and Scandinavian literature from the medieval period. You will learn about the different ...

Craig Davis teaches Old and Middle English, Old Norse and Medieval Celtic languages and literatures in the English department. He has also directed the Medieval Studies and Comparative Literature ...

Beyond bestiaries: the cats and dogs of Old English The words for ‘cat’ and ‘dog’ are virtually the same in Old English – hund (from which we get ‘hound’) and cat or catte (pronounced COT-tuh). Read ...

Across roughly the past decade, research on Old Norse mythology has exhibited a boom of interest in both folklore collected under the aegis of Romanticism and the perspectives and insights of today’s ...

A landmark new history of Old Norse-Icelandic literature, this volume is a comprehensive, up-to-date guide to a unique and celebrated body of medieval writing. Chapters by internationally recognized ...

Called 'Old Norse Sagas', these tales of heroes, warriors, epic adventures and amazing insights in to daily life all still seem highly relevant today. Written and narrated by Dr Janina Ramirez ...

Zatanna (English) – meaning unknown Zephyr (Greek) – means “west wind” These spooky Halloween names have meanings that are ...

Learn the meaning and origins of popular English baby names. English names have an old-world charm that comes from their rich ...

Samuel Sargeant holds a PhD from Cardiff University specialising in the structure of Medieval Old Norse-Icelandic sagas.