 | Beowulf - 1835 - 346 pages
...languages, it is more than probable that the tongue spoken by Hengest in Sleswic, was that of Alfred the king, four centuries later, such provincial variations...which would throw light upon the historical portion of Beówulf; the more important of these will, however, be found in the index of proper names. The MS.... | |
 | Louis F. Klipstein - 1849 - 482 pages
...and Anglo-Saxon, and to declare one's incompetency to pass a judgment upon the subject. I do not suy that the poem which is now published was not written...which would throw light upon the historical portion of Beúwulf ; the more important of these will, however, be found in the index of proper names. " The... | |
 | Louis F. Klipstein - 1849 - 468 pages
...both of Old Saxon, Old Norse, and Anglo-Saxon, and to declare one's incompetency to pass a jndgment upon the subject. I do not say that the poem which...very interesting subject, has compelled me to omit a multitnde of remarks which would throw light upon the historical portion of Beowulf; the more important... | |
 | Louis F. Klipstein - 1856
...older poem, of which .his is a modernized form, was shaped upon Angle legends, celebrates an Ar.glc hero, and was in all probability both written in Anglen,...which would throw light upon the historical portion of Beuwulf; the more important of these will, however, be found in the index of proper names. " The MS.... | |
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