Runes and words: runic lexicography in context
The paper begins by noting the lack of a comprehensive dictionary of Scandinavian runic inscriptions, as well as the absence of the runic evidence from most dictionaries of the early Scandinavian languages, and considers possible reasons for this. Runic inscriptions may need a different kind of dic...
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| description | The paper begins by noting the lack of a comprehensive dictionary of Scandinavian runic inscriptions, as well as the absence of the runic evidence from most dictionaries of the early Scandinavian languages, and considers possible reasons for this. Runic inscriptions may need a different kind of dictionary, because they require a different kind of reading that takes extra-linguistic as well as linguistic contexts into account (a process that has been called “interdisciplinary semantics”). Using the examples of the words bóndi and þegn in Viking Age inscriptions, the paper shows how the variety of available contexts enables a richer definition of these and other words, which might facilitate a different type of dictionary, based on discursive definitions. |
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| spelling | nottingham-277002020-05-04T20:20:28Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/27700/ Runes and words: runic lexicography in context Jesch, Judith The paper begins by noting the lack of a comprehensive dictionary of Scandinavian runic inscriptions, as well as the absence of the runic evidence from most dictionaries of the early Scandinavian languages, and considers possible reasons for this. Runic inscriptions may need a different kind of dictionary, because they require a different kind of reading that takes extra-linguistic as well as linguistic contexts into account (a process that has been called “interdisciplinary semantics”). Using the examples of the words bóndi and þegn in Viking Age inscriptions, the paper shows how the variety of available contexts enables a richer definition of these and other words, which might facilitate a different type of dictionary, based on discursive definitions. 2013 Article PeerReviewed Jesch, Judith (2013) Runes and words: runic lexicography in context. Futhark: International Journal of Runic Studies, 4 . pp. 77-100. ISSN 1892-0950 Viking Age runestones lexicography semantics bóndi þegn http://futhark-journal.com/ urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-213051 urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-213051 |
| spellingShingle | Viking Age runestones lexicography semantics bóndi þegn Jesch, Judith Runes and words: runic lexicography in context |
| title | Runes and words: runic lexicography in context |
| title_full | Runes and words: runic lexicography in context |
| title_fullStr | Runes and words: runic lexicography in context |
| title_full_unstemmed | Runes and words: runic lexicography in context |
| title_short | Runes and words: runic lexicography in context |
| title_sort | runes and words: runic lexicography in context |
| topic | Viking Age runestones lexicography semantics bóndi þegn |
| url | https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/27700/ https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/27700/ https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/27700/ |