File:Dating of Old Norse Poems

We've looked before at some characteristics of earlier vs. later Old Norse ( https://youtu.be/-x18ut5oA7Q ), but in this video we discuss some of the ways that a specific poem, such as one in the Poetic Edda, can be determined to be older than the manuscript in which it is preserved.

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Jackson Crawford’s translation of The Saga of the Volsungs: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1624666337 Audiobook: https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Saga-of-the-Volsungs-Audiobook/B07L44HRNH

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