work, Daniel Anlezark characterised Orchard as 'one of the outstanding Beowulf scholars of the moment'. Orchard, Andy (1994). The poetic art of Aldhelm...
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individual or family, the altered appearance of shape-shifters. Both Andy Orchard and Rudolf Simek note parallels between the concept of the hamingja and...
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subordinates by visiting their homes and demanding to be feasted". According to Andy Orchard, Ægir's role in Skáldskaparmál, where he attends a banquet rather than...
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of translations and adaptations are available, in poetry and prose. Andy Orchard, in A Critical Companion to Beowulf, lists 33 "representative" translations...
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etymology, listing the name Ratatoskr as meaning "drill-tooth" (Jesse Byock, Andy Orchard, Rudolf Simek) or "bore-tooth" (John Lindow). In the Poetic Edda poem...
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and Fenrir. In reference to Fenrir's presentation in the Prose Edda, Andy Orchard theorizes that "the hound (or wolf)" Garmr, Sköll, and Hati Hróðvitnisson...
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meanings or "hinge words" in order to discover the answer to the riddle. Andy Orchard (ed and trans), The Old English and Anglo-Latin Riddle Tradition, Dumbarton...
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the Æsir (gods). The etymology of the Old Norse name Hrym is unclear. Andy Orchard has proposed the meaning 'decrepit'. Jan de Vries argues that a relation...
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suggested that the personage Böðvarr Bjarki derived from Beowulf. In 2005, Andy Orchard theorized an etymology on the basis of the common Old Norse name Þórólfr...
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('limp, weary') or humre ('whinny'; compare with MHG hummen 'hum'). Andy Orchard has proposed the translation 'creeper'. Hymir is often used in kennings...
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