Widsith

E524733
Anglo-Saxon literature work Old English poem heroic-legendary catalogue poem

Widsith is an Old English poem in which a wandering scop (minstrel) recounts his travels among various Germanic tribes and legendary kings.

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Widsith (fragmentary material) 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Anglo-Saxon literature work ⓘ
Old English poem ⓘ
heroic-legendary catalogue poem ⓘ
compiledIn Exeter Book NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsCharacterType minstrel ⓘ
scop ⓘ
dateOfManuscript 10th century ⓘ
genre heroic poetry ⓘ
travel narrative ⓘ
language Old English ⓘ
length approximately 143 lines ⓘ
literarySignificance important source for Germanic legend and ethnography ⓘ
one of the earliest Old English heroic poems ⓘ
manuscript Exeter Book NERFINISHED ⓘ
mentionsFigure Attila NERFINISHED ⓘ
Caesar NERFINISHED ⓘ
Eormanric NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hagena NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hama NERFINISHED ⓘ
Heoden NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hildebrand NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hrothgar NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hrothulf NERFINISHED ⓘ
Offa of Angel NERFINISHED ⓘ
Weland NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wudga NERFINISHED ⓘ
mentionsTribe Angles NERFINISHED ⓘ
Burgundians NERFINISHED ⓘ
Danes NERFINISHED ⓘ
Franks NERFINISHED ⓘ
Geats NERFINISHED ⓘ
Goths NERFINISHED ⓘ
Huns NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lombards NERFINISHED ⓘ
Saxons NERFINISHED ⓘ
Swedes NERFINISHED ⓘ
meter alliterative verse ⓘ
narrativeVoice first-person ⓘ
narratorOccupation court poet ⓘ
narratorRole witness to many courts and rulers ⓘ
probableCompositionPeriod early Anglo-Saxon period ⓘ
protagonist Widsith (scop) NERFINISHED ⓘ
setting legendary historical Europe ⓘ
various Germanic courts ⓘ
structure catalogue of kings and peoples ⓘ
first-person travel account ⓘ
theme Germanic heroic legend ⓘ
ethnography of Germanic tribes ⓘ
fame and reputation ⓘ
gift-giving and patronage ⓘ
wandering poet ⓘ

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Geats → mentionedIn → Widsith ⓘ
Anglo-Saxon literature → notableWork → Widsith ⓘ
Exeter Book → content → Widsith ⓘ
this entity surface form: Widsith (fragmentary material)