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The Wife's Lament
Reviews
Author(s) Title Reference
J.E. Cross The Interpretation of Old English Poems, by Stanley B. Greenfield 43/1, p. 42
N.F. Blake Patterns in Old English and Old Icelandic Literature, by A. C. Bouman 32/1, p. 86

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  • The Wife's Lament
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  • The Husband's Message
  • Genesis A
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  • The Ruin
  • Njals saga
  • Leodum is minum in the Exeter Book

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