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... Geat may have been added by Nennius at the beginning of the ninth cen- tury . Evidence that Finn in this genealogy was so early under- stood to be the Frisian king is welcome.3 ( iii ) Chronicle : It is convenient to take the Chronicle ...
... Geat may have been added by Nennius at the beginning of the ninth cen- tury . Evidence that Finn in this genealogy was so early under- stood to be the Frisian king is welcome.3 ( iii ) Chronicle : It is convenient to take the Chronicle ...
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... Geat . We have seen that the tradition of the genea- logy from Woden to Geat is compact , though in detail it was not fixed when Asser's Life and the Chronicle were written about 892. The names are held to the F and G alliteration , and ...
... Geat . We have seen that the tradition of the genea- logy from Woden to Geat is compact , though in detail it was not fixed when Asser's Life and the Chronicle were written about 892. The names are held to the F and G alliteration , and ...
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... Geat ( with variations ) ; 5a . ( Geat ) -Tętwa - Beaw - Sceldwea - Sceaf ; Finn 5b . ( Geat ) - Tętwa - Beaw - Sceldwea - Heremod - Itermon- Hathra - Hwala - Bedwig - Sceaf ; 6. ( Sceaf ) -Noe - Lamech & c . - Adam . The alternative 3b ...
... Geat ( with variations ) ; 5a . ( Geat ) -Tętwa - Beaw - Sceldwea - Sceaf ; Finn 5b . ( Geat ) - Tętwa - Beaw - Sceldwea - Heremod - Itermon- Hathra - Hwala - Bedwig - Sceaf ; 6. ( Sceaf ) -Noe - Lamech & c . - Adam . The alternative 3b ...
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PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS By Sir Charles Webster | 15 |
Walter de la MARE AND THE TRAVELLER Warton Lecture on English | 23 |
THE OLDEST SLAVONIC TRADITION OF BYZANTINE MUSIC By Carsten | 37 |
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