From: Jarrod Clark
Message: 3724
Date: 2003-10-10
JarrodFrom what little I've read of it, there's plenty of alliteration in Old Norse. If you have Gordon's book on Old Norse, you'll find these opening lines on page 136:Vrei� vas �� Ving-�orr es vakna�iok s�ns hamars of sakna�i'Wrath was Thor who swings the hammer he is awakeand his hammer he feels the loss ofThe alliteration here is on the 'v' sounds in the first line and on the 's' sounds in the second.Repetition also comes into this poem later on when the giant Thrym says:'Hvat's me� �sum hvat's me� �lfum?''What's with the Aesir What's with the elves?'And Loki replies'Ilt's me� �sum ilt's me� �lfum''It is ill with the Aesir it is ill with the elves'CheersJed
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