Iambic pentameter
Yes, it was a way of combining words to make metaphors. There is a good explanation here: http://www.bl.uk/learning/langlit/changlang/activities/lang/anglosaxon/anglosax.html
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Warfare
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Two types of Anglo-Saxon poetry are heroic and elegiac.
The characteristic illustrated by "sea-path" in Anglo-Saxon poetry is kenning, a figurative expression used in Old English and Old Norse poetry. A kenning is a metaphorical phrase or compound word used instead of a more straightforward term. In this case, "sea-path" is a kenning for the ocean or sea.
Yes, it was a way of combining words to make metaphors. There is a good explanation here: http://www.bl.uk/learning/langlit/changlang/activities/lang/anglosaxon/anglosax.html
Adeline Courtney Bartlett has written: 'The larger rhetorical patterns in Anglo-Saxon poetry' -- subject(s): Style, English poetry, History and criticism, Anglo-Saxon poetry, English language, Anglo-Saxon language
Lords, Thanes, and Scops would have been present at a formal Anglo-Saxon poetry recital.
An Anglo-Saxonism is a word, phrase or behaviour characteristic of Anglo-Saxons or the Anglo-Saxon language.
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Anglo-Saxon
Lords and Thanes
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