Since the later 19th century, when scholars such as Kuno Meyer and Whitley Stokes applied an increasingly rigorous approach to the study of written sources, a great deal of new information has been extracted from the written material.
Sejak abad ke 19, ketika ilmuwan seperti Kuno Meyer dan Whitley Stokes menerapkan pendekatan yang semakin ketat untuk mempelajari sumber tertulis, banyak informasi baru telah diambil dari materi tertulis.