The sceal/bið problem? No problem! – Idiosophy
I’m six pages into A Store of Common Sense: Gnomic Theme and Style in Old Icelandic and Old English Wisdom Poetry by Carolyne Larrington, and I’ve run into a swamp. Scholars from 50 yea…| Idiosophy
As I mentioned the other day, I’m reading about Old English wisdom poetry. What with the all the references to winter in the examples there, I suddenly realized that Bilbo’s little quatrain in Rivendell is just such a seasonal wisdom poem: When winter first begins to bite,and stones crack in the frosty night,When pools are […]| Idiosophy
I’m six pages into A Store of Common Sense: Gnomic Theme and Style in Old Icelandic and Old English Wisdom Poetry by Carolyne Larrington, and I’ve run into a swamp. Scholars from 50 yea…| Idiosophy
