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3 paź 2024 · In Beowulf, "wergild" refers to the compensation paid by a person committing an offense to the injured party or, in the case of murder, to the victim's family. This concept underscores the...
In view of the linguistic and textual indicators of archaic composition, the incompatible hypothesis of Old Norse influence on Beowulf would require overwhelming and unambiguous substantiation...
The oldest surviving example of Old English poetry, Beowulf shares with the Sutton Hoo remarkable treasures the odds of a long concealed and forgotten destiny.
Introduction Beowulf, an Old English epic poem written between the 8th and 11th centuries, has long fascinated scholars and readers alike. Its enduring popularity can be attributed to its portrayal of a legendary hero, larger-than-life conflicts, and its profound impact on subsequent literature and storytelling.
It may be useful to quote first a common definition of the Wergeld, or wergild. According to Niermeyer, the Wergeld represents “the value of the life of a person, expressed in money and to pay, in the case of homicide, to repurchase revenge... or to repair other misdeeds”2.
8 lut 2007 · This book suggests that the Old English poem Beowulf was composed between the reigns of Kings Beornwulf (823-6) and Wiglaf (827-9 and 830-39) of Mercia, in the winter of 826-7, in the monastery of Breedon on the Hill in NW Leicestershire, by Abbot Eanmund (ruled 814x816-c.848).
16 gru 2013 · Beowulf is a narrative meditation in traditional Old English alliterative verse on the origins of violence in human affairs; it was included in the Nowell Codex, an ethnographic miscellany compiled around the year 1000 on the most exotic peoples in space and time known to the Anglo-Saxons.
