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The Construction of Auðunar þáttr vestfirzka: A Case of Typological Thinking in Early Old Norse Prose

Haki Antonsson
Scandinavian Studies, December 2018, 90 (4) 485-508; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/sca.90.4.0485
Haki Antonsson
University College London
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