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Publication Date
2025-5
First Advisor
Craig R. Davis
Document Type
Honors Project
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Medieval Studies
Keywords
Old English, vernacular translations, poetic compounding, kenning, Physiologus, Wonders of the East, Cynewulf's Elene, King Alfred
Rights
©2025 Tenaya Fottrell. Access limited to the Smith College community and other researchers while on campus. Smith College community members also may access from off-campus using a Smith College log-in. Other off-campus researchers may request a copy through Interlibrary Loan for personal use.
Language
English, Latin, Old English
Recommended Citation
Fottrell, Tenaya, "From Latin Brevity to Anglo-Saxon Periphrasis: Poetic Compounding as a Native Old English Translation Strategy" (2025). Honors Project, Smith College, Northampton, MA.
https://scholarworks.smith.edu/theses/2717
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Comments
89 pages. Includes bibliographical references (pages 83-89).