Bruce Dickins was a scholar of Old English and Norse literature, and this academic edition and translation, published by Cambridge University Press, presents the surviving runic and heroic poems of the early Germanic peoples with the original text alongside Dickins's translation and scholarly notes. Its strength is philological care, presenting the primary poetic texts themselves rather than a secondhand summary, so a reader can see exactly what the sources say and how confidently. Its limit is its age, dating from 1915, and later runology and Old Norse scholarship has refined some readings and dates since, so a specific technical point of interpretation should ideally be checked against more recent runic scholarship, even though the primary texts themselves remain the same.
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Bruce Dickins's standard early English critical edition and translation of the Old English, Norwegian and Icelandic Rune Poems together, published in 1915 and in the public domain; used here as the basis for Younger Futhark rune readings from the Norwegian and Icelandic poems. NotesStandard early English critical edition and translation of the Old English, Norwegian and Icelandic Rune Poems together. Published 1915, public domain. Used here as the basis for Younger Futhark rune readings (Norwegian and Icelandic poems); the Old English Rune Poem itself is already covered by Sources 697, 698 and 701.
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AuthorBruce Dickins (ed. and trans.)
PublisherCambridge University Press
Publication Year1915
URLhttps://archive.org/details/runicheroicpoems00dick
Source Typeprimary-text
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This source names Germanic Peoples directly: "runic and heroic poems of the early Germanic peoples with the original text alongside Dickins's translation and scholarly notes."
This source names Norse directly: "was a scholar of Old English and Norse literature, and this academic edition and translation, published by Cambridge University Press, presents the surviving runic and heroic poems of the early..."
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This source backs 122 claims across the atlas. As facts: 101 well-attested, 3 scholarly debate. As cited relationships: 2 holds. Plus 16 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Younger Futhark Runes, 112 claims: 93 well-attested, 3 scholarly debate, 16 general references.
- Sources, 10 claims: 8 well-attested, 2 holds.
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