Pagan words and Christian meanings /

Pagan words and Christian meanings / / Richard North.

An evolution of attitudes towards pre-Christian custom in , North-West Europe, as shown in early .medieval word-fields and texts in Old English and Old Icelandic literature, is represented in six variously focussed studies. The first three chapters, Pagan Words , form a network of research on pre-Ch...

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Superior document:Costerus New Series ; 81
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North, Richard, 1961-
Place / Publishing House:Amsterdam, Netherlands ;, Atlanta, Georgia : : Rodopi,, [1991]
©1991
Year of Publication:1991
Language:English
Series:Costerus New Series ; 81.
Physical Description:1 online resource (214 pages)
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Title Page
  • Copyright page
  • Dedication
  • PREFACE
  • Table of Contents
  • Abbreviations
  • PAGAN WORDS
  • I INTRODUCTION
  • i. Hints of the pagan background
  • ii. The English Conversion
  • iii. The German missions
  • iv. Denmark, Norway and Iceland
  • v. Settlement and literature of Iceland
  • vi. Problem and method
  • II PSYCHIC INTERVENTION
  • i. Introduction
  • ii. Caedmon's genre
  • iii. The world of the irrational
  • iv. Poetry divinely given
  • The Mead of Poetry
  • Drink and inspiration
  • The 'unflawed gift'
  • v. Psychic interventions
  • Homeric âté and menos
  • OIce munr
  • The munir of Skírnismál
  • Munr in Hávamál
  • At mun banda in Vellekla
  • At mun flagǒi in Hamǒismál
  • vi. OE myne witan
  • OE myne
  • Grendel's isolation
  • The Wanderer's myne and Odysseus' menos
  • III POETIC SOUL
  • i. Introduction to giedd
  • Giedda gemyndig
  • Morphology of giedd and geǒ
  • Giedd and woǒ
  • Geǒ and óǒr
  • Hypothesis on giedd
  • ii. Egill's geǒ and íprótt
  • Three 'poetry' kennings
  • Viǒris mun-strandar marr
  • Hildar Hjaldr-gegnis geǒ-fjarǒar lá
  • Óǒ-[h]røris hafs alda
  • Geǒ as 'poetic soul' in Háv 13-14
  • Egill and Starcatherus
  • iii. Interpretation of giedd wrecan
  • OE wrecan and OIce reka
  • Purgation in wrecan
  • Semantic development of giedd wrecan
  • 'Purging the soul'
  • iv. The pagan genre
  • Egill's elegy
  • Gelimer's ode
  • Hreǒel's exemplum
  • IV THE PHYSICAL MIND
  • i. Introduction
  • Field of research
  • Soul and Body in the vernacular
  • Heorte, mod and Norse parallels
  • Other words for mind
  • Compounds and non-compounds
  • ii. Hyge and modsefa
  • Apparent interchangeability
  • The anatomy of hyge, sefa and heorte
  • 'Know the mind' constructions with hyge and sefa
  • iii. Emerging disparity
  • Method of classification
  • Alliterative phrases
  • Non-alliterative phrases.
  • iv. Attributes of hyge and (mod-)sefa
  • Thinking
  • Dimensions and containment
  • Strengthening
  • Revealing
  • Malleability and movement
  • Positive experience
  • Negative experience
  • v. Disparity between hyge and (mod-)sefa
  • Hyge
  • (Mod-)sefa
  • Emergent hyge and hidden sefa
  • vi. The balanced mind
  • Active hyge and passive sefa
  • Purpose and perception
  • Sefa as memory
  • Male and female mind in Genesis B
  • Conclusion
  • CHRISTIAN MEANINGS
  • V AUGURY IN THE SEAFARER
  • i. Introduction
  • Scheme of The Seafarer
  • Text and interpretation of Sea 58-64
  • The Latin sources
  • The flying mind
  • ii. Analogues for the flight of mind
  • Huginn and Muninn: birds of prey
  • Shamanism and manna hugir
  • Classical and Germanic augury
  • News of present import
  • Prophesying birds
  • iii. Augury in Sea 58-64
  • Muninn and mantic knowledge
  • English augury
  • Augury in Cynewulf's Christ
  • Pagan words with Christian meaning
  • VI HÁVAMÁL - A CONTRIVED PAGANISM
  • i. Hypothesis
  • Growth of Hávamál
  • Treatment of Hávamál
  • ii. Problem
  • Established work on Hávamál
  • Scribal markings in the manuscript
  • Problems of definition
  • iii. Fragments of Hávamál
  • Interpretations of date
  • iv. Method
  • Outline of the poem
  • Disparity of authorship
  • The first division: Háv 1-79 and 111-164
  • v. Growth of Hávamál proper
  • Development of Háv 111-164
  • Internal unity of Háv 138-45
  • Loddfáfnismál and Ljóǒatal
  • Introduction and Farewell: Háv 111 and 164
  • Evolution of Háv 111-164
  • vi. Completion of Hávamál
  • The bridge and a road over it: Háv 80(-110)
  • Themes of trust and delusion: Háv 81-90
  • Óðinn, Billings mœr and Gunnlǫǒ: Háv 91-110
  • Evolution of Háv 1-164
  • vii. The grand artifice
  • The literary cult of Óǒinn
  • Who speaks where
  • Performance of Hávamál
  • VII LITERARY PAGANISM IN FOUR SAGAS
  • i. Introduction.
  • ii. Scholarly interest in Egils saga Skalla-Grímssonar
  • Monstrous forebears in Norway
  • Egill's childhood in Iceland
  • Egill and Óǒinn
  • Egill's 'brow'
  • 'Dedicating to Óǒinn'
  • 'Óǒinn's pledge'
  • The impact of Sonatorrek
  • iii. Moral opposition in Eiríks saga Rauǒa
  • A dying faith
  • The evil of paganism
  • iv. Romantic pity in Laxdœla saga
  • A despairing faith
  • The pathos of paganism
  • v. Moral admiration in Brennu-Njáls saga
  • Paganism as narrative colour
  • Gunnarr the noble pagan
  • Gunnarr's 'guardian spirit'
  • Njáll and the myth of Ragnarǫk
  • vi. The moral rehabilitation of paganism
  • Bibliography
  • i. Texts and editions
  • ii. Critical studies
  • Index
  • i. Word index
  • ii. Textual references
  • iii. Name index.

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