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 ; 126.

Erganzungsbände zum Reallexikon der germanischen Altertumskunde ; 126

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Inscriptions, Runic.

Netherlands.

Genre:

Catalogs.

Academic theses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (484 pages)

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, [2021]

Summary:

The scattered research history of the Old Frisian runic inscriptions dating to the early Medieval period (ca. AD 400–1000) calls for a comprehensive and systematic reprocessing of these objects within their socio-cultural context and against the backdrop of the Old English Runic tradition. This book presents an annotated edition of 24 inscriptions found in the modern-day Netherlands, England and Germany. It provides the reader with an introduction to runological methodology, a linguistic commentary on the features attested in the inscriptions, and a detailed catalogue which outlines the find history of each object and summarizes previous and new interpretations supplemented by pictures and drawings. This book additionally explores the question of Frisian identity and an independent Frisian runic writing tradition and its relation to the contemporary Anglo-Saxon runic culture. In its entirety, this work provides a rich basis for future research in the field of runic writing around the North Sea and may therefore be of interest to scholars of historical linguistics and early Medieval history and archaeology.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Preface

Abbreviations

List of Figures

List of Tables

Introduction

Part 1: Preliminaries

I The Old Frisian Runic Corpus Edition

II Germanic Language Models and Periodization

III Historical and Archaeological Framework

Part 2: Linguistic Analyses

IV Phonological Discussion of the OFRC

V Graphemic Discussion of the OFRC

VI Pragmatic Discussion of the OFRC

Part 3: The OFRC Edition

Combs

Coins and Bracteates

Metal Objects

Yew Objects

Bone Objects

Conclusion: A Frisian or North-Sea Corpus?

Bibliography

Register.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Doctoral Universität München 2018.

ISBN:

9783110728224

3110728222

OCLC:

1269269001