Runes across the North Sea from the migration period and beyond : an annotated edition of the Old Frisian Runic Corpus / Livia Kaiser.

Format:

Book

Thesis/Dissertation

Author/Creator:

Kaiser, Livia, author.

Series:

Ergänzungsbände zum Reallexikon der germanischen Altertumskunde ; Bd. 126.

Runische Schriftlichkeit in den germanischen Sprachen ; Bd. 2.

Ergänzungsbände zum Reallexikon der germanischen Altertumskunde, 1866-7678 ; Band 126

Runische Schriftlichkeit in den germanischen Sprachen, 2702-8488 ; Band 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Inscriptions, Frisian--Netherlands--Catalogs.

Inscriptions, Frisian.

Inscriptions, Runic--Netherlands--Catalogs.

Inscriptions, Runic.

Runes--Netherlands--Friesland.

Runes.

Inscriptions, Runic--Netherlands--Friesland.

Runes--History--To 1500.

Archaeology, Medieval.

Historical linguistics.

historical linguistics.

Netherlands.

Genre:

Catalogs.

Academic theses.

Physical Description:

xvi, 465 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Berlin : De Gruyter, [2021]

Contents:

Preface

Abbreviations

List of Figures

List of Tables

Introduction

Preliminaries

The Old Frisian Runic Corpus Edition

Runology and Runological Practice : From Autopsy to Interpretation

What is Runology?

Runological Methodology and Uncertainty Factors

Transliteration Principles Applied in this Edition

Compiling a Corpus of Frisian Runic Inscriptions : Research Overview

Beginnings of a Frisian Runic Corpus

The Previous Main Editions of the Frisian Runic Corpus

Individual Articles, Short Checklists and Analyses of the Frisian Runic Corpus

Problems and Methodological Approach to this Edition

Methodological Problems

Find Situation-Dependent, Material-Inherent Problems

Step-by-Step Approach and Structure of this Edition

Germanic Language Models and Periodization

Some Terminological Definitions : Dialect, Language and Culture From the North-West Germanic Continuum to the West-Germanic Individual Languages

Old-English and Old-Frisian against the Backdrop of the Germanic Languages

The 'Anglo-Frisian' Model

The 'Ingvaeonic' or North Sea Germanic Model

The Convergence Model

North-Sea Germanic Sound Changes and Runic Innovations

From the Common Germanic fupark to the Old-English fufrorc

Phase I in Detail : North Sea Germanic Innovations

Linguistic Chronology and Periodization of Old English and Old Frisian

Old English Periodization

Old Frisian Periodization

Historical and Archaeological Framework

Archaeological Chronology and Periodization of the Merovingian Period

Historical Sources on the Early Frisians

Etymology of the Ethnonym

History I : Frisians in the Early Classical Sources (lst-4th century)

History II : Frisians in Late Classical Sources (5th-7th centuries

Archaeological Survey : Frisia from the 4th to the 10th Century

Area of Interest and Preservation Conditions

Iron Age Origins

Roman Period

Migration Period and Beyond : Continuity or Discontinuity?

From AD 700 to AD 1100 : Frisia and North Sea Connections

Linguistic Analyses

Phonological Discussion of the OFRC

Representation of Vowels in Stressed Syllables

Evidence for CGmc and North-Sea Gmc Compensatory Lengthening (No. 73, 53), Rounding of WGmc *a (No. 55), Nasalization of WGmc *ā (No. 53)

Evidence for the split of WGmc *ā (No. 52, 54), Gmc *ai (No. 58) and Gmc *au (No. 78)

Comparison of Stressed Vowels in the OFRC to Evidence from Early Runic and the OERC

Representation of Vowels in Unstressed Syllables in the OFRC

Rune no. 2 ... in Final, Unstressed Position

Rune no. 2 ... in Medial, Unstressed Position

Rune no. 2 ... as Parasite Vowel

Rune no. 25 ... in Final, Unstressed Position Rune no. 26 ... in Final, Unstressed Position

Rune no. 24 ... in Medial, Unstressed Position

Comparison of Unaccented Vowels in the OFRC to Evidence from Early Runic and the OERC

Graphemic Discussion of the OFRC

Theoretical Preliminaries and Reconstruction of the Frisian fuporc Rows

Graphemic Analysis of Selected Forms

Types and Sub-Types of Runes no. 4 F ōs and no. 25 F āc

Types and Sub-Types of No. 6 ... ċēn and No. 9 N hægel

Other Variants in the OERC and OFRC : Rune no. 12, Gmc *jāra, OE gē(a)r

Manuscript Evidence for the 'Ominous' Runes on Westeremden B :...

Pragmatic Discussion of the OFRC

Previous Approaches to the Pragmatic Interpretation of Runic Inscriptions

Theoretical Preliminaries : Structural Consequences and Communicative Context of Written Communication

Inscription-Types, Formulae and Communicative Intentions

The OFRC Edition

Kantens Comb Case

AMAY Bone Combion Ferwerd Comb Case

Hoogebeintum Comb

Toornwerd Comb

Oostum Bone Comb

Coins and Bracteates

Wurt Hitzum-A Bracteate

Skanomodu Solidus Pendant

Schweindorf Solidus Pendant

Harungen Solidus

Folkestone Tremissis : Glasgow Tremissis

Midlum Sceat

Metal Objects

Bergakker Scabbard Mount

Wijnaldum Gold Pendant

Borgharen Belt Buckle

Yew Objects

Arum Yew Sword

Britsum Yew-Stick

Westeremden A

Westeremden B

Bone Objects

Bernsterburen Tau Staff : Rasquert Sword-Handle Hamwic Bone

Hantum Bone Plate

Wijnaldum A Bone

A Frisian or North-Sea Corpus?

Summary

Results

Bibliography

Dictionaries and Grammars

Corpora, Editions and Databases

References

Register.

Notes:

Doctoral Universität München 2018.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 427-457) and index.

ISBN:

9783110723281

311072328X

OCLC:

1267903810

Publisher Number:

9783110723281