Runic And Heroic Poems of the Old Teutonic Peoples
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5 guS:hamun, 12 odre, l5 Msere. 8. Erratic use of h; cf. v. 6 nngra (hringa), 57 bihrahanan (birahanan). Vowels. 1. Orig. o is represented indifferently by o and mo : cf. V. Sfrotoro, 11 cnwosZes. 2. Orig. e is represented by ae and g: cf i;. 19 furlaet, 61 l^ttvn. 3. Orig. aw (O.H.G. om) is represented by au and ao : cf. V. 55 rauba. 63 tooc; sometimes also by o in cases where O.H.G. has o; cf ?). 1 gihorta, 18 ^oA; but on the other hand ao appears in v. 22 laosa, 55 aodlihho. 4. Orig. ai is r...epresented in a variety of ways: ai, t). 65 staimbortV, ei, v. 11 heittu; ce, v. 17 hcetti; ae, V. 22 raet; e, v. 47 heme; g, v. 52 ^nigeru. Perhaps the most satisfactory solution of the problem is that put forward by Francis A. Wood, P.M.L.A. XI. 323-330, who argues that in its present form the Hildebrandeslied goes back to an Old Saxon poem current in the eighth century; heard from the lips of a Low German minstrel, it was written down in High German orthography and written down from memory, as is shown by the frequent deviations into prose.
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