03497nam 2200601 450 99621459450331620230828225319.01-280-28600-897866102860030-470-79796-70-470-77636-61-4051-5319-9(CKB)1000000000342075(EBL)243610(OCoLC)475964799(SSID)ssj0000179789(PQKBManifestationID)11177429(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000179789(PQKBWorkID)10149187(PQKB)10258087(MiAaPQ)EBC243610(MiAaPQ)EBC6941349(Au-PeEL)EBL6941349(EXLCZ)99100000000034207520221109d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrInside Old English essays in honour of Bruce Mitchell /edited by John WalmsleyMalden, Massachusetts :Blackwell Pub.,[2006]©20061 online resource (318 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4051-1483-5 Includes bibliographical references (pages [279]-285) and indexes.Inside Old English: Essays in Honour of Bruce Mitchell; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Foreword; Bruce Mitchell; Introduction; 1 Eight Notes on the Beowulf Text; 2 A Point Well Taken: Manuscript Punctuation and Old English Poems; 3 The Incomparable Wryness of Old English Poetry; 4 Straining Words and Striving Voices: Polysemy and Ambiguity and the Importance of Context in the Disclosure of Meaning; 5 "Eala, geferan and gode wyrhtan": On Interjections in Old English; 6 Speaking One's Mind in The Wanderer7 Wulfstan's Scandinavian Loanword Usage: An Aspect of the Linguistic Situation in the Late Old English Danelaw8 An Aspect of Old English Poetic Diction: The Postpositioning of Prepositions; 9 Issues for Editors of Anglo-Saxon Poetry in Manuscript Form; 10 Language and Style in Two Anonymous Old English Easter Homilies; 11 Latin Influence on an Old English Idiom: "To Wit"; 12 Germanic *uargaz (OE wearh) and the Finnish Evidence; 13 How the Leopard Got its Spots: English Grammatical Categories, Latin Terms; A Bibliography of Writings by Bruce Mitchell 1956-2004; Select BibliographyList of Editions UsedIndex of Names; Index of Old English Words and Phrases; Index of SubjectsInside Old English: Essays in Honour of Bruce Mitchell gives readers a comprehensive insight into the world of Old English.Consists of a series of original essays written by prominent specialists in the field in honour of the eminent Oxford scholar, Bruce Mitchell (co-author of the best-selling textbook, A Guide to Old English, 6th edition, Blackwell, 2001).Encourages readers to engage with the literary, cultural, intellectual, religious and historical contexts of Old English texts.Explores the problems scholars face in interpreting and editing Old English texts.<English philologyOld English, ca. 450-1100English philology429Walmsley John1937-Mitchell Bruce1920-2010,MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK996214594503316Inside Old English3066503UNISA