Widsith: A Study in Old English Heroic Legend by R.W. Chambers
$100.00
Widsith: A Study in Old English Heroic Legend by R.W. Chambers, published in 1912. Sections Include: The Stories Known to Widsith: Gothic and Burgundian Heroes, Tales of the Sea-Folk of the Franks and of the Lombards, Widsith and the German Heroic Age, etc. etc. “Widsith”, also known as “The Traveller’s Song”, is an Old English poem of 143 lines. It survives only in the Exeter Book a manuscript of Old English poetry compiled in the late 10th century, which contains approximately one-sixth of all surviving Old English poetry. Hardcover with light shelfwear. From the estate of 19th century author Cyril Bathurst Judge with his bookplate on front pastedown.
