Forgotten Ground Regained

Jere Fleck

Jere Fleck (1936-2017) was a professor of Germanic languages at the University of Maryland and a member of the Society For Creative Anachronism, where he was known as Geirr Bassi Haroldsson. He was also a member of Markland Medieval Mercenary Militia. Several of his alliterative poems appear in Dennis Wise's critical anthology of modern alliterative verse, including:
  • Ode to the Two Earls (Tveggja Jarla Drápa)
  • Coronation Ode (Konungsvígsludrápa)
  • Dream Ode in Long Lines (Draumdrápa hrynhend)
  • Comparison of Kings (Konungajafnaðr)
  • Ravens’ Rede (Hrafnatal)
  • Markland’s Coronation Oath
  • Markland’s Wedding Oath