Rímur

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Rímur. / Driscoll, Matthew James.

The Cambridge history of Old Norse-Icelandic literature. ed. / Heather O'Donoghue; Eleanor Parker. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2024. p. 452-473 22.

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Harvard

Driscoll, MJ 2024, Rímur. in H O'Donoghue & E Parker (eds), The Cambridge history of Old Norse-Icelandic literature., 22, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 452-473.

APA

Driscoll, M. J. (2024). Rímur. In H. O'Donoghue, & E. Parker (Eds.), The Cambridge history of Old Norse-Icelandic literature (pp. 452-473). [22] Cambridge University Press.

Vancouver

Driscoll MJ. Rímur. In O'Donoghue H, Parker E, editors, The Cambridge history of Old Norse-Icelandic literature. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 2024. p. 452-473. 22

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Driscoll, Matthew James. / Rímur. The Cambridge history of Old Norse-Icelandic literature. editor / Heather O'Donoghue ; Eleanor Parker. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2024. pp. 452-473

Bibtex

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