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In:From Carving Runestones to Digitizing Skaldic Poetry: Studies in Germanic philology and historical linguistics
Edited by David Bolter, Erin Noelliste, Christopher D. Sapp and Lane Sorensen
[Studies in Germanic Linguistics 11] 2026
► pp. 1–11

Chapter 1
Studies in Germanic philology and historical linguistics

A mærðar hlut for Kari Ellen Gade

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Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.The life and work of Kari Ellen Gade
  • 3.Contributions
    • 3.1Old Norse poetry
    • 3.2Old Norse philology more broadly
    • 3.3Germanic historical linguistics
  • Acknowledgements
  • Notes
  • References
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