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Widsith

Widsith – 143 lines

  • Other name: The Far Traveller
  • Oldest poem in English language.
  • Survives in: Exeter book
  • Three Thulas (Poetic genre) of Widsith:
    1. A list of the various kings of name, both contemporary and ancient. 
    2. Name of people the narrator visited.
    3. Heroes of Myth and legends that the narrator has visited.
 
  • The widely travelled poet widsith (meaning ‘for journey’). 
  • Oldest extent Germanic Poem.

Posted in English Literature, English Poetry, NTA UGC NET English Literature

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