Germanic Philology / Germanic Philology 15

Metre and rhythm in medieval Germanic texts

Metre and Rhythm in Medieval Germanic Texts

Editorial Board / Editorial Board

Patrizia Lendinara (University of Palermo) – Editor-in-chief / Editor-in-chief
Alessandro Zironi (Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna) – President of AIFG /
Chairman of AIFG
Maria Grazia Cammarota (University of Bergamo) – Councillor of AIFG / Councillor of
AIFG
Rosella Tinaburri (University of Cassino and Southern Lazio) – Councillor of AIFG
/ Councillor of AIFG

Scientific Committee / Scientific Committee

Letizia Vezzosi (University of Florence) – Coordinator / Coordinator
Adele Cipolla (University of Verona)
Ian Cornelius (Loyola University of Chicago)
Carla Cucina (University of Macerata)
Loredana Teresi (University of Palermo)

TABLE OF CONTENTS / CONTENTS

CLAUDIO CATALDI
A Study of the Alfredian verse prefaces and epilogues (pp. 1-22)

IAN CORNELIUS
Some corrections to the notation of verse structure in two recent editions of Middle English alliterative poems (pp. 23-41)

ROBERT D. FULK
Metrical and formal considerations in the textual criticism of the Vercelli Book (pp. 43-65)

NELSON GOERING
Atlakviða, reversal, and theories of Germanic alliterative metre (pp. 67-93)

NORIKO INOUE
Eurhythmic dips in Middle English alliterative verse (pp. 95-119)

MIKAEL M. MALES
The earliest Old Norse metrics (pp. 121-144)

NICHOLAS MYKLEBUST
Counting time in Old English meter (pp. 145-170)

DAVID O’NEIL
Syntax and metrical evolution in the medieval English Alliterative tradition (pp. 171-191)

WHITE PATRIA
The many virtues of the strange Type Eε. Metre, Semantics and intertextuality in dróttkvætt (pp. 193-221)

MICHAEL SCHULTE
Runica Metrica. Die Metrische Gestalt der älteren Runeninschriften und ihre Grundeinheit der Proto-Langzeile. (pp. 223-248)

GJERTRUD STENBRENDEN
The emergence of affricates in English: alliterative and other verse evidence (pp. 249-278)

LIST OF AUTHORS / LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS (pp. 279-280)

PREVIOUS VOLUMES / PREVIOUS VOLUMES (pp. 281-282)