William Browne, Britannia's Pastorals II iv 56, has 'iron shower' for spears.". as they wove, they sung the following magic song. Title/Paratext] "A similar note [as note [...]" R. Lonsdale, 1969. J. Crofts, 1948 [1st ed. R. Lonsdale, 1969. When the poem was absorbed into the saga, the name of the man who saw the vision in Caithness (see G.'s Preface), given as Dorrudr in the saga, was probably formed from a misunderstanding of the kenning 'vef darradar' ('web of the dart' = 'battle'), which occurs three times in the original (ll. II [1893], or E. H. Meyer's Deutsche Mythologie (Berlin, 1891); for the Valkyrjur, W. Golther's Der Valkyrjenmythus, in the Abhandlungen of the Bavarian Academy, I. steed.] 59.4-5 winding vale] "Cp. The friend referred to in the advertisement was Mason, and the ''design was dropped'' on his hearing that Thomas Warton was engaged on a History of English Poetry. Hendrickson, 1966. For additional information in C[ommonplace] B[ook], see textual notes.". 17.1 - 18.4 Mista ... see,] "Sangrida, terrific Maid, / Mista [...]" H.W. 30, 38, 46). After a time, there would be a solid web (ON vefr) from the working area up to and around the warp-beam (hence the kenning 'hanging cloud of the warp-beam' for 'web').". H.W. chaps. prolong.] Through this space the weft thread, probably attached to a stick or bone instrument (the shuttle), was passed (thrown is the usual weaver's term). This and Geira (l. 31) he found, say the American editors, 'in Bartholin's translation (p. 554) of a stanza in another poem of the Poetic Edda (the Grimnismal), where they occur in a long list of names of valkyrjur.' 8.4-5 Randver's bane.] 1891]. [...]" J. Heath-Stubbs, 1981. sun.] "There is something in the [...]" W. Lyon Phelps, 1894. "Written in 1761. Par. MS. are given on the faith of Mr Gosse.)". "G[ray]. women: they were all employed about a loom; and as they wove, they sung the following dreadful Song; which when they had, finished, they tore the web into twelve pieces, and (each taking. The question of how much Old Norse G. actually knew has inevitably been raised: the evidence suggests that he depended almost entirely on the Latin translations (by Arni Magnusson) for his understanding of the poems and on the Latin commentaries of Bartholin and Torfaeus for his annotation. "The meaning of this verse [...]" J. Bradshaw, 1903 [1st ed. The ''Friend'' Gray mentions was Thomas Warton (1728-1790). R. Lonsdale, 1969. Title/Paratext] "[Initial Norse line:] Vitt er [...]" H.W. - Wharton MS." J. Bradshaw, 1903 [1st ed. The Fatal Sisters Poem by Thomas Gray. 1919]. "'Spurring at speed', Dryden, Aeneid xi 923.". "G[ray]. "[Advertisement.] 31.1-4 Gondula ... spread] "Gunna & Gondula, spread C[ommonplace] [...]" H.W. "Well explained in Gray's note to the Bard, v. ; the name Darradar Ljod was attached to it later, probably as a means of identification when it began to be reproduced separately, although the present editors have been unable to find by whom. "The Latin Randveri mortis evades [...]" R. Lonsdale, 1969. Lost ii 490-1: 'the lowring Element / Scowls ore the dark'ned lantskip Snow, or showre.'". "The hauberk was a texture of steel ringlets, or rings interwoven, forming a coat of mail, that sat close to the body, and adapted itself to every motion" (Gray's note to. ''Scott was no doubt thinking of this version in passage quoted, Bard, l. 47, ad fin.This account, say the Amercian editors, is derived from Bartholin, Bk. shield.] - Wharton MS." J. Bradshaw, 1903 [1st ed. Gore, ] `` these lines to refer to his forces were victorious and the weights that play,! Killed, his forces were victorious and the following magic song. '.! 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