'The Sardine' and 'Wolf's Arse': Animal Nicknames in Early Medieval England
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Any study of medieval nicknames is a complex act of interpretation; what did these nicknames ‘mean’? Are they literal or are they metaphorical? Do they depend on obviously observable features or do they recall past events? Did they ‘mean’ the same thing to everybody who used them? Sometimes - as in the case of
'The Sardine' and 'Wolf's Arse': Animal Nicknames in Early Medieval England
'The Sardine' and 'Wolf's Arse': Animal…
'The Sardine' and 'Wolf's Arse': Animal Nicknames in Early Medieval England
Any study of medieval nicknames is a complex act of interpretation; what did these nicknames ‘mean’? Are they literal or are they metaphorical? Do they depend on obviously observable features or do they recall past events? Did they ‘mean’ the same thing to everybody who used them? Sometimes - as in the case of