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The Deorhord : An Old English Bestiary
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- Summary
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No detailed description available for "The Deorhord".
Details
- Creator
- Hana Videen
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- First edition
- Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2024]
- ©2024
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (353 pages)
- ISBNs
- 9780691260990, 0691262896, 0691260990, 9780691260006, 0691260001
- OCLC
- on1416748324
- 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