Hüvelmény

This paper deals with the interpretative tradition of a hapax legomenon used by the 17th century Hungarian poet János Rimay, i. e. "hüvelmény" and proposes a new meaning for it. From the mid-19th century on, this word was interpreted as 'water fairy' or 'water monster.'...

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Main Author: Jankovits László
Format: Article
Published: 2006
Series:Acta historiae litterarum hungaricarum 29
Kulcsszavak:Magyar irodalom költészet 17. sz., Irodalomtudomány
Online Access:http://acta.bibl.u-szeged.hu/1073
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