Chapter
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