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An early set of beekeeping words in Anglo-Norman French and Middle English.(Essays)(Critical essay)
A basic apiarian vocabulary consisting of bee, comb, hive, honey, and swarm is represented in Old English ("beo," "comb," "hunig," "hyf," and...
ANQ, 03/22/09 by Sayers, William · More from publication -
Anglo-Norman and Middle English terminology for spindle whorls.(Critical essay)
The Middle English Dictionary entry for fern (variant vern) identifies it as a term for a windlass (s.v. "fern" n.3). (1) No etymology is...
ANQ, 09/22/08 by Sayers, William · More from publication -
Ethics or pragmatics; fate or chance; heathen, Christian, or godless world?
NO ICELANDIC SAGA of comparable length has generated more critical comment than Hrafnkels saga. In a recent book, Theodore M. Andersson summarizes:...
Scandinavian Studies, 12/22/07 by William Sayers · More from publication -
Mogens Bencard, Aino Kann Rasmussen, and Helge Brinch Madsen, eds.: Ribe Excavations 1970-76
Mogens Bencard, Aino Kann Rasmussen, and Helge Brinch Madsen, eds. Ribe Excavations 1970-76. Vol. 5. Jutland Archaeological Society Publications...
Scandinavian Studies, 03/22/07 by William Sayers · More from publication -
Thde Old English antecedents of ferry and wherry.(Essays)
Our Boat is now sail'd to the Stygian Ferry, There to supply old Charon's leaky Wherry. --Jonathan Swift, "A Quibbling Elegy on Judge Boat"...
ANQ, 03/22/07 by Sayers, William · More from publication -
What's in a nonce? Nautical Lexis in Orms pattr Storolfssonar
THE PURPOSE of this article is threefold: 1) to explain a technical term that is attested only a single time in Old Norse-Icelandic literature and...
Scandinavian Studies, 06/22/06 by William Sayers · More from publication -
Exeter Book Riddle 17 and the L-rune: British *lester "vessel, oat-straw hive"?
In a recent note in these pages, Marijane Osborn sought to confirm the solution to Riddle 17 of The Exeter Book as a beehive or, more precisely,...
ANQ, 03/22/06 by Sayers, William · More from publication -
The Red Baron reports what they really said
Route Pack II vicinity of Vinh, Democratic Republic of Vietnam, May 7, 1968. The two U S. Navy F-4B Phantom IIs of Silver Kite section were...
Air Power History, 09/22/05 by William A. Sayers · More from publication -
Gisli Sigurdsson. The Medieval Icelandic Saga and Oral Tradition: A Discourse on Method
* Gisli Sigurdsson. The Medieval Icelandic Saga and Oral Tradition: A Discourse on Method. Trans. Nicholas Jones. Publications of the Milman Parry...
Scandinavian Studies, 09/22/05 by William Sayers · More from publication -
The etymology of queer.(Essays)
The OED's base definition of queer reads: Strange, odd, peculiar, eccentric, in appearance or character. Also, of questionable character,...
ANQ, 03/22/05 by Sayers, William · More from publication
