Browsing Department of Linguistics, Literary and Aestetic Studies by Author "Allport, Benjamin"
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Eastward and northward: a geographical conception of ‘Norðmannaland’ in Ohthere’s Voyage and its analogues in old Norse/Icelandic literature
Allport, Benjamin (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)The Old English account known as Ohthere’s Voyage preserves a ninth-century description of ‘Norðmannaland’ (the land of the Northmen) given by Ohthere, a sailor from northern Norway, at the court of Alfred the Great. In a ... -
A Family Reunion: "Hversu Noregr byggðist" and the First Chapter of the "Flateyjarbók Ættartölur" as a Textual Unity
Allport, Benjamin (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Opprinnelseslegenden Frá Fornjóti ok hans ættmönnum ‘Om Fornjot og slektningene hans’ er bevart i to versjoner i Flateyjarbók, et kjent islandsk samlehåndskrift fra trettenhundretallet. Legenden følger opprinnelsen til ... -
Home thoughts of abroad: Ohthere’s Voyage in its Anglo-Saxon context
Allport, Benjamin (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)The Old English text known as Ohthere’s Voyage is regarded as a key source for Norwegian history. Consequently, the context of its composition and inclusion in the Old English Orosius has often been overlooked. This article ... -
The Prehistory of Frá Fornjóti ok hans ættmönnum: Connections with the Chronicon Lethrense and their Consequences
Allport, Benjamin (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)The Old Norse origin myth known as Frá Fornjóti ok hans ættmönnum, which claims that Norway was founded by a pair of brothers named Nórr and Górr, is preserved in two distinct variants in the late fourteenth-century Icelandic ... -
Unearthing St Edmund: A Source for Edmund's Martyrdom in Íslendingabók
Allport, Benjamin (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)In Ari fróði Þorgilsson’s Íslendingabók, the settlement of Iceland is said to have first begun from Norway in 870, the year that “Ívarr, son of Ragnarr loðbrók, had St Edmund, king of the English, killed.” He attributes ...