User talk:Isse

One theory about the dating of the texts looks at the fact that there are no Scandanavian loan words in the poem, which suggests it may have been composed before the waves of Viking invasions starting around 800 AD. By 1000, there would be Scandanavian loan words incorporated in the language. I think it is an interesting fact to include in a discussion of the poem. Yes, there are analogues to earlier Scandanavian folk tales, especially about a troll and his mother, but this poem does not use Scandanavian words. --Chiaroscuro123 04:53, 4 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Why is that so significant? I don't understand your point.--Isse 06:03, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

It suggests the poem was composed earlier than 800 AD, instead of around 1000, the date of the surviving manuscript. Of course, no one knows for sure the date of the poem's creation, but such linguistic anomalies can help narrow the timeframe.--Chiaroscuro123 02:30, 6 August 2006 (UTC)