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... Sceaf , and knew the common meaning of sceaf , make no reference to the explanatory story of a sheaf of corn if it were current in his time ? On these considerations it is unsafe to treat William of Malmesbury as an authority for this ...
... Sceaf , and knew the common meaning of sceaf , make no reference to the explanatory story of a sheaf of corn if it were current in his time ? On these considerations it is unsafe to treat William of Malmesbury as an authority for this ...
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... Sceaf , not of Scyld . Then , on a balance of probabilities , Scyld Scefing in Beowulf means ' Scyld , son of Sceaf ' ; and Sceaf and Beo , unknown in Scandinavian tradition , have been adopted from English sources into the Danish ...
... Sceaf , not of Scyld . Then , on a balance of probabilities , Scyld Scefing in Beowulf means ' Scyld , son of Sceaf ' ; and Sceaf and Beo , unknown in Scandinavian tradition , have been adopted from English sources into the Danish ...
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... Sceaf , or Scyld as the Danes claim , or Beo who , according to others , belongs to the earliest times ? And somebody whose knowledge of legend was reckoned authoritative , might have settled on the order Sceaf , Scyld , Beo , assum ...
... Sceaf , or Scyld as the Danes claim , or Beo who , according to others , belongs to the earliest times ? And somebody whose knowledge of legend was reckoned authoritative , might have settled on the order Sceaf , Scyld , Beo , assum ...
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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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