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On Beowulf and the Nibelungenlied: counselors, queens, and characterization by Neidorf, Leonard

“…This article deals with two longstanding interpretive problems in Beowulf criticism. The Beowulf poet’s laconic style, grounded in the assumption of audience…”
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The Germanic Onomasticon and the Etymology of Beowulf’s Name by Neidorf, Leonard, Zhu, Chenyun

“…Debate has persisted as to whether the first element of Beowulf’s name is to be identified as bēo (“bee”) or Bēow (an agricultural deity cognate with Byggvir…”
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Nicolay Yakovlev’s Theory of Old English Meter: a Reassessment by Neidorf, Leonard, Pascual, Rafael J.

“…This article gauges the plausibility of Nicolay Yakovlev’s theory of Old English meter. Although he accepts the four-position principle of Eduard Sievers,…”
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Large-scale quantitative profiling of the Old English verse tradition by Neidorf, Leonard, Krieger, Madison S., Yakubek, Michelle, Chaudhuri, Pramit, Dexter, Joseph P.

“…The corpus of Old English verse is an indispensable source for scholars of the Indo-European tradition, early Germanic culture and English literary history…”
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Hrothgar and Etzel: Beowulf Analogues in Middle High German Literature by Neidorf, Leonard

“…Figures identical to Hrothgar in Scandinavian analogues (i.e., Ro or Hróarr) shed minimal light on the king's character in Beowulf. More promising insights…”
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Heremod and the Jutes by Neidorf, Leonard

“…A textual crux in Beowulf revolves around the interpretation of a word in line 902b, specifically the phrase "mid eotenum." Scholars have debated whether this…”
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Kudrun and The Wife’s Lament by Neidorf, Leonard

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Heremod and Óðinn: From Beowulf to Snorri's Prose Edda by Neidorf, Leonard

“…This article reassesses the sources pertaining to Heremod (Hermóðr) in order to explore the nature of his relationship with Óðinn. In Beowulf, Heremod is…”
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On Beowulf and Ruodlieb: a folkloric context for Hrothgar’s Sermon by Neidorf, Leonard

“…Though rarely compared, Beowulf and Ruodlieb are two medieval epics composed by speakers of West Germanic languages that exhibit a shared sequence of folktale…”
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The Heremod Digressions in Beowulf: A Reassessment by Neidorf, Leonard

“…The present article reassesses the legend of Heremod and its relevance to Beowulf . It argues on the basis of analogues preserved in Saxo Grammaticus’s Gesta…”
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The Wife’s Lament and Diu Klage by Neidorf, Leonard

“…The Wife's Lament is a mysterious Old English poem that has been extensively studied by scholars. Alaric Hall's article explores the poem's imagery and argues…”
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The Lordlessness of the Danes in Beowulf by Neidorf, Leonard

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The origin of Hondscioh: Grendel's glove and the Beowulf tradition by Neidorf, Leonard

“…Critics have long argued that the Beowulf poet invented the name Hondsciōh ('glove') and gave it to Grendel's Geatish victim in order to make a pun or…”
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Woden and The English Landscape: The Naming of Wansdyke Reconsidered by Neidorf, Leonard

“…The present article reconsiders the interpretation of Wōdnes dīc ('Woden's Dyke'), the ancestral form of the name currently borne by the earthwork(s) known as…”
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Woden and Widsith by Neidorf, Leonard

“…The present article explores the hypothesis that there is an intertextual relationship between Widsith and antecedent literary traditions pertaining to Woden…”
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J.R.R. Tolkien and Bertha S. Phillpotts: A New Source for "The Monsters and the Critics" by Neidorf, Leonard

“…Neidorf discusses Bertha S. Phillpotts's 1928 essay on "Wyrd and Providence in Anglo-Saxon Thought," highlighting J.R.R. Tolkien's 1936 lecture to the British…”
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King Hygelac of the Geats: History, Legend, and Beowulf by Neidorf, Leonard

“…This article argues against the notion that Hygelac is characterized negatively in Beowulf . It reassesses the historical and legendary traditions concerning…”
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Poetic Style and Innovation in Old English, Old Norse, and Old Saxon by Megan E. Hartman (review) by Neidorf, Leonard

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Goths, Huns, and The Dream of the Rood by Neidorf, Leonard

“…This article argues that two poems concerned with legends of Goths and Huns, the Old Norse Hlǫðskviða and the Old High German Hildebrandslied, provide an…”
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Beowulf Lines 175–88 and the Transmission of Old English Poetry by Neidorf, Leonard

“…Lines 175-88 of Beowulf constitute a longstanding interpretive crux. One solution to this crux has been to regard the passage as wholly or partly…”
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