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Echoing Retorts in Hárbarðsljóð and Lokasenna

Harriet Soper
Scandinavian Studies, December 2022, 94 (4) 475-503; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/sca.94.4.0475
Harriet Soper
University of Oxford
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