Runes Across the North Sea from the Migration Period and Beyond: An Annotated Edition of the Old Frisian Runic Corpus

Livia Kaiser

Published by De Gruyter 2021

Runes Across the North Sea from the Migration Period and Beyond

An Annotated Edition of the Old Frisian Runic Corpus

Livia Kaiser

Volume 126 in the series Ergänzungsbände zum Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110728224

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About this book

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.

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Livia Kaiser, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, Germany.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Abbreviations Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
List of Figures Publicly Available Download PDF	xv
List of Tables Publicly Available Download PDF	xvii
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part 1: Preliminaries
I The Old Frisian Runic Corpus Edition Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	7
II Germanic Language Models and Periodization Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	23
III Historical and Archaeological Framework Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	52
Part 2: Linguistic Analyses
IV Phonological Discussion of the OFRC Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	75
V Graphemic Discussion of the OFRC Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	97
VI Pragmatic Discussion of the OFRC Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	117
Part 3: The OFRC Edition
Combs Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	133
Coins and Bracteates Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	183
Metal Objects Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	263
Yew Objects Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	305
Bone Objects Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	361
Conclusion: A Frisian or North-Sea Corpus? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	403
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(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Scholars of medieval and runic studies, historians, linguists, archaeologists.
Pages
- Front matter: 17
- Main content: 465
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 30
- Coloured Illustrations: 84
- Tables: 22
- Coloured Tables: 5
Keywords: Archaeology; Frisian Runic Corpus

eBook

Published: September 20, 2021
ISBN: 9783110728224

Hardcover

Published: September 20, 2021
ISBN: 9783110723281