Runes and Germanic Linguistics ( Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs TiLSM )

Publication series :Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs TiLSM

Author: Elmer H. Antonsen  

Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton‎

Publication year: 2002

E-ISBN: 9783110885521

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9783110174625

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Language: ENG

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The older runic inscriptions (ca. AD 150 - 450) represent the earliest attestation of any Germanic language. The close relationship of these inscriptions to the archaic Mediterranean writing traditions is demonstrated through the linguistic and orthographic analysis presented here. The extraordinary importance of these inscriptions for a proper understanding of the prehistory and early history of the present-day Germanic languages, including English, becomes abundantly clear once the accu-mulation of unfounded claims of older mythological and cultic studies is cleared away.

Chapter

Preface

pp.:  1 – 7

Figures

pp.:  7 – 17

Tables

pp.:  17 – 21

Chapter 1 What is runology?

pp.:  21 – 23

1.2 Proper focus

pp.:  23 – 25

1.1 The role of paleography

pp.:  23 – 23

1.3 Runology and mythology

pp.:  25 – 35

2.1 Linguistic reconstruction

pp.:  39 – 39

2.3 Proto-Germanic vowels

pp.:  40 – 41

2.4 Late Proto-Germanic

pp.:  41 – 45

2.5 Defining Proto-Germanic

pp.:  45 – 48

2.6 The end of Proto-Germanic

pp.:  48 – 51

2.7 What's in a name?

pp.:  51 – 53

2.8 Northwest Germanic: Language and inscriptions

pp.:  53 – 54

2.9 The end of Northwest Germanic

pp.:  54 – 56

Chapter 3 The earliest Germanic writing system

pp.:  56 – 59

2.10 Conclusion

pp.:  56 – 56

3.2 The older, or Germanic fuþark

pp.:  59 – 64

3.1 The nature of runes

pp.:  59 – 59

Chapter 4 The graphemic system of the older runes

pp.:  64 – 73

4.2 Distinctive features

pp.:  73 – 74

4.1 Uncertain runes

pp.:  73 – 73

4.3 Variant runes

pp.:  74 – 77

Chapter 5 The fifteenth rune

pp.:  77 – 95

5.2 The rise of comparative linguistics

pp.:  95 – 96

5.1 Earlier attempts at deciphering

pp.:  95 – 95

5.3 The conflict over Schleswig-Holstein

pp.:  96 – 98

5.5 Ludvig Wimmer

pp.:  98 – 101

5.4 Peter Andreas Munch

pp.:  98 – 98

5.6 Present-day scholars

pp.:  101 – 103

5.7 Reinterpretation

pp.:  103 – 105

5.8 Chronology

pp.:  105 – 109

5.9 Northwest Germanic /r/ and /z/

pp.:  109 – 111

5.10 Conclusion

pp.:  111 – 112

Chapter 6 Age and origin of the fuþark

pp.:  112 – 115

6.3 A structural approach to the question of origins

pp.:  115 – 121

6.2 Erik Moltke and the Danish theory

pp.:  115 – 115

6.1 Earlier views on the age and origin

pp.:  115 – 115

6.4 The Latin theory

pp.:  121 – 128

6.5 “Primitive alphabets”

pp.:  128 – 130

6.6 Inscriptions on metal

pp.:  130 – 133

6.7 Writing traditions

pp.:  133 – 136

6.8 Conclusion

pp.:  136 – 138

Chapter 7 Reading runic inscriptions

pp.:  138 – 141

7.1 Directionality and arrangement

pp.:  141 – 141

7.2 The Järsberg stone

pp.:  141 – 142

7.3 Other runestones of more than one line

pp.:  142 – 145

7.4 The Tune stone

pp.:  145 – 148

7.5 A question of alignment: The Opedal stone

pp.:  148 – 156

7.6 Hidden boustrophedon

pp.:  156 – 164

7.7 Transposed runes

pp.:  164 – 166

7.8 Conclusion

pp.:  166 – 170

Chapter 8 Dating runic inscriptions

pp.:  170 – 171

8.1 Linguistic and runological evidence

pp.:  171 – 171

8.2 Pseudo-evidence for dating

pp.:  171 – 172

8.3 No help from archeologists: The Strøm whetstone

pp.:  172 – 177

8.4 Different materials, different shapes?

pp.:  177 – 184

8.5 Relative dating from linguistic evidence

pp.:  184 – 185

8.6 Chronological stalemate in the older period

pp.:  185 – 188

Chapter 9 Sacral or secular?

pp.:  188 – 191

9.1 Magical “solutions” and their consequences

pp.:  191 – 191

9.2 “Imaginative” and “skeptical” runologists

pp.:  191 – 192

9.3 Not intended for human eyes

pp.:  192 – 194

9.4 The assumed magical power of the runes

pp.:  194 – 198

9.5 The runemaster, erilaz, as “runemagician”

pp.:  198 – 207

9.6 The runemaster and the cult of Odin

pp.:  207 – 210

9.7 “Runic tradition” through the millenia

pp.:  210 – 222

Chapter 10 Runic typology

pp.:  222 – 229

10.2 The nature of the corpus

pp.:  229 – 229

10.1 The role of typology

pp.:  229 – 229

10.3 Inscriptions with isolated words

pp.:  229 – 231

10.4 Names in isolation

pp.:  231 – 236

10.5 Single runes

pp.:  236 – 237

10.6 Isolated names on loose objects

pp.:  237 – 239

10.7 Isolated names on stones

pp.:  239 – 240

10.8 Commemorative inscriptions

pp.:  240 – 244

10.9 Inscriptions without verbs

pp.:  244 – 246

10.10 Symbols of office

pp.:  246 – 252

Chapter 11 Phonological rules and paradigms

pp.:  252 – 259

11.1 Laws of final syllables

pp.:  259 – 259

11.2 The phonological rules

pp.:  259 – 262

11.3 Root-consonant and i-stems

pp.:  262 – 264

11.4 Repatterning of the paradigms

pp.:  264 – 269

11.5 Confirming evidence

pp.:  269 – 273

11.6 The genitive plural and trimoric vowels

pp.:  273 – 276

11.7 Proto-Indo-European vowel sequences

pp.:  276 – 278

Chapter 12 Some controversial grammatical forms

pp.:  278 – 283

12.2 Proper names without endings

pp.:  283 – 295

12.1 Proper names in -o

pp.:  283 – 283

12.3 Nouns with nominative -s

pp.:  295 – 301

12.4 The verb */faihijanan/

pp.:  301 – 302

12.5 The ghost-form *irilaz

pp.:  302 – 304

Chapter 13 Runic syntax

pp.:  304 – 307

13.2 Descriptive adjectives

pp.:  307 – 309

13.1 Linguists’ use of runic inscriptions

pp.:  307 – 307

13.3 Attributive genitive

pp.:  309 – 313

13.4 Pronominal modifiers

pp.:  313 – 314

13.5 Position of the verb

pp.:  314 – 315

13.6 Conclusion

pp.:  315 – 318

Chapter 14 “Archaicizing” inscriptions

pp.:  318 – 319

14.2 The Setre comb

pp.:  319 – 321

14.1 Vernacular vs. elevated style

pp.:  319 – 319

14.3 The Ellestad stone

pp.:  321 – 323

14.4 The Strøm whetstone

pp.:  323 – 324

14.5 The Björketorp and Stentoften stones

pp.:  324 – 325

14.6 The Jelling stones 1 and 2

pp.:  325 – 335

Chapter 15 The Weser runebones

pp.:  335 – 337

15.1 Pieper’s rehabilitation of the Weser inscriptions

pp.:  337 – 337

15.2 Pieper’s “imaginative” runological interpretation

pp.:  337 – 339

15.3 Critique of Pieper’s interpretation

pp.:  339 – 342

15.4 A “skeptical runological” interpretation

pp.:  342 – 347

Chapter 16 Old English digraphic spellings

pp.:  347 – 351

16.2 The rise of syllabic variants

pp.:  351 – 352

16.1 Diphthongs or monophthongs?

pp.:  351 – 351

16.3 Pre-Anglian developments

pp.:  352 – 355

16.4 West Saxon developments

pp.:  355 – 360

16.5 The role of the runes

pp.:  360 – 361

References

pp.:  361 – 365

Index of inscriptions

pp.:  365 – 389

Index of runic words

pp.:  389 – 393

Index of names

pp.:  393 – 397

Index of subjects

pp.:  397 – 401

LastPages

pp.:  401 – 405

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