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Five pieces of runic poetry tr. from the Islandic language.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Percy, Thomas, 1729-1811, editor, translator.
- Language:
- English
- Icelandic
- Subjects (All):
- Old Norse poetry--Translations into English.
- Old Norse poetry.
- English poetry--Translations from Icelandic.
- English poetry.
- Physical Description:
- 16 unnumbered pages, 99 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 19 cm (8vo)
- Place of Publication:
- London : R. & J. Dodsley, 1763.
- Contents:
- Preface
- The incantation of Hervor.
- The dying ode of Regner Lodbrog.
- The ransome of Egill, the scald.
- The funeral song of Hacon.
- The complaint of Harold.
- The Islandic originals of the preceding poems.
- Notes:
- Prose translation.
- OCLC:
- 29054376
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