Thyle

Thyle

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The Old English term is glossed as Latin "histrio" "orator" and "curra" "jester"; "þylcræft" means "elocution". "Zoega's Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic" defines "Þulr" as "wise-man, sage," cognate to Old Norse "þula" (verb) "to speak" and ""þula" (noun) "list in poetic form". The Rundata project translates "Þulr" as "reciter". From this it appears that the office of thyle was connected to the keeping and reproducing of orally transmitted lore.

The thyle may further have served the function of challenging those who would make unwise boasts or oaths and possibly hurt the luck of the community, and consequentially the reputation of the king: Unferth holds the role of thyle in the poem "Beowulf", so that his questioning of Beowulf's statements may have been part of his office, rather than motivated by petty antagonism.

Some modern scholars view the role of the thyle as being usurped by monks after Christianization, and being reduced to the modern caricature of the court jester (hence the Latin gloss of "curra").

Modern adherents of the reconstructionist religion Theodism have instituted the role of thyle in their organizations.

References

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ee also

* Scop
* Symbel
* Theodism

External links

* [http://thyle.ealdriht.org/office.html The Office of Þyle] - essay by Eric Wodening
* [http://www.ealdriht.org/oathsmat.html Oaths:What They Mean and Why They Matter] - essay by Winifred Hodge


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