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    Elseus Sophus Bugge (5 January 1833 – 8 July 1907) was a Norwegian philologist and linguist. His scholarly work was directed to the study of runic inscriptions...
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  • critic Sophus Black (1882–1960), Danish telegraph manager and art collector Sophus Bugge (1833–1907), Norwegian philologist and linguist Sophus Christensen...
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  • original manuscript reading, but is an emendation from Hævateinn made by Sophus Bugge and others. The weapon is needed to slay the rooster Viðofnir atop the...
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    was forgotten until 1865, when it was deciphered by Norwegian scholar Sophus Bugge. The Elder Futhark (named after the initial phoneme of the first six...
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    or "the climber tusk." Sophus Bugge theorized that the name Ratatoskr is a loanword from Old English meaning "Rat-tooth." Bugge's basis hinges on the fact...
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  • (1764–1849), Norwegian bishop and politician Sophus Bugge (1833–1907), a Norwegian philologist and linguist Stein Bugge (1896-1961), Norwegian playwright, theatre...
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    paper manuscripts. In his influential 1867 edition of the Poetic Edda, Sophus Bugge reasoned that the poem was a 17th-century work, composed as an introduction...
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    adjacent to East Götaland, and not of Sweden. The Norwegian scholar Sophus Bugge argued for a Danish origin of the underlying story. He noted the similarity...
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    online copy, at northvegr.org Archived 2016-08-19 at the Wayback Machine Sophus Bugge, Sæmundar Edda, 1867 (edition of the manuscript text) online copy Henry...
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    of Böðvarr with -varr interpreted as vargr meaning "wolf". However, Sophus Bugge questioned this etymology, and instead suggested that the personage Böðvarr...
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