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The Deorhord : An Old English Bestiary / Hana Videen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Videen, Hana, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Animals--Nomenclature (Popular).
- Animals.
- Bestiaries--Great Britain--History and criticism.
- Bestiaries.
- English language--Old English, ca. 450-1100.
- English language.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (353 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2024]
- Summary:
- No detailed description available for "The Deorhord".
- Contents:
- Cover
- Contents
- Prologue: An Old English Bestiary
- The Ordinary
- 1. Eagle (earn)
- 2. Spider (gange-wæfre)
- 3. Field Creature (feoh)
- 4. Dove (culfre)
- The Extraordinary
- 5. Animals Unheard Of (un-gefrægelican deor)
- 6. Ant (æmette)
- 7. Elephant (ylp or elpend)
- The Good
- 8. Lion (leo)
- 9. Deer (heorot and hind)
- 10. Phoenix (fenix)
- 11. Panther (panþer)
- The Bad
- 12. Whale (hwæl)
- 13. Snake (nædre)
- 14. Dragon (draca)
- 15. Wolf (wulf)
- The Baffling
- 16. Water-monster (nicor)
- 17. Moon-head (heafod swelce mona)
- 18. Teeth Tyrant (dentes tyrannum)
- 19. Street-maker (stræt-wyrhta)
- 20. Moving Spirit (ferende gæst)
- Epilogue: Human or Beast?
- Þanc-word (thank-words)
- Sources
- Old English Words
- Images
- A Note from the Author.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780691264165
- 0691264163
- 9780691260990
- 0691260990
- OCLC:
- 1416748324
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