Weland the Smith
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8932090 |
|---|---|
| Authors | H R Ellis Davidson (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1958 |
| Volume | 69 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 145-159 |
| Publication date | 1958-09-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Folklore (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0015-587X • E-ISSN: 1469-8315 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/0015587x.1958.9717140 |
| OpenAlex | W1971653976 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
WHEN King Alfred was translating Boethius from Latin into Anglo-Saxon and reached the phrase 'the bones of the faithful Fabricius', his mind seems to have jumped from the hero's name to the Latin word faber, 'smith', and from there again to the name which for him stood for the most famous of smiths, Weland. Boethius had said that death levelled rich and poor alike, and Alfred here inserted a thought of his own
History · Medieval Literature and History · Medieval Philosophy and Theology · Renaissance and Early Modern Studies
| Citations per year | 0.07 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1982 - 2023 (42) |
| Highly cited | No |