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Article published In: Historiographia Linguistica
Vol. 42:1 (2015) ► pp.21–38

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Northern Ascriptions in MS Lansdowne 1033

George Hickes’s Dictionariolum Islandicum in Focus

 | Universidad de Salamanca
Published online: 26 May 2015
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https://doi.org/10.1075/hl.42.1.02rua
Summary
This paper examines the contribution of the Dictionariolum Islandicum to White Kennett’s (1660–1728) unpublished Etymological Collections of English Words and Provincial Expressions (BL MS Lansdowne 1033). An expanded version of Franciscus Junius’s (1591–1677) Icelandic wordlist (Bodl. MS Junius 36), itself based on Runólfur Jónsson’s (c.1620–1654) Grammaticae Islandicae Rudimenta (1651), the Dictionariolum was included in George Hickes’ (1642–1715) Institutiones Grammaticae Anglo-Saxonicae et Moeso-Gothicae (1689). Comparison of the manuscript entries with the Dictionariolum suggests that Kennett relied on this work for a portion of the northern material contained in his manuscript. This paper aims to further our knowledge about the compilation of Kennett’s dictionary, casting some light on the sources behind the regional dialect material included, and on the history of northern English lexicon more generally as recorded in 17th-century dictionaries.
Résumé
Cet article examine la contribution du Dictionariolum Islandicum aux Etymological Collections of English Words and Provincial Expressions (BL MS Lansdowne 1033), inédites, de White Kennett (1660–1728). Le Dictionariolum est une version étendue de la liste de mots islandais (Bodl. MS Junius 36) de Franciscus Junius (1591–1677), elle-même basée sur les Grammaticae Islandicae Rudimenta (1651) de Runólfur Jónsson (vers 1620–1654), et a été inclus dans les Institutiones Grammaticae Anglo-Saxonicae et Moeso-Gothicae (1689) de George Hickes (1642–1715). Une comparaison des entrées du manuscrit avec le Dictionariolum suggère que Kennett s’est fié à cet ouvrage pour une partie du matériel de l’anglais du nord contenu dans son manuscrit. Cet article a pour but de faire avancer notre connaissance de la compilation du dictionnaire de Kennett, en jetant la lumière sur les sources se trouvant derrière le matériel régional qui y est inclus et, plus généralement, sur l’histoire du lexique de l’anglais du nord, tel qu’enregistré dans les dictionnaires du XVIIe siècle.
Zusammenfassung
Der vorliegende Aufsatz untersucht den Beitrag des Dictionariolum Islandicum zu den unveröffentlichten Etymological Collections of English Words and Provincial Expressions (BL MS Lansdowne 1033) von White Kennett (1660–1728). Dieses Dictionariolum wurde in George Hickes’ (1642–1715) Institutiones Grammaticae Anglo-Saxonicae et Moeso-Gothicae (1689) aufgenommen und stellt eine erweiterte Fassung von Franciscus Junius’ (1591–1677) Liste isländischer Wörter (Bodl. MS Junius 36) dar, die ihrerseits auf Runólfur Jónssons (c.1620–1654) Grammaticae Islandicae Rudimenta (1651) basierte. Ein Vergleich der handschriftlichen Einträge in den Etymological Collections mit dem Dictionariolum legt nahe, dass sich Kennett für einen Teil seines Werks auf das nordenglische Material dieses Manuskripts stützte. Der Artikel zielt darauf ab, unsere Kenntnisse über die Kompilation von Kennetts Wörterbuch zu erweitern, indem er Licht auf die Quellen dieses regionalen Dialektmaterials wirft, und dabei auch generell auf die Geschichte des nordenglischen Wortschatzes, wie es in den Wörterbüchern des 17. Jahrhunderts erfasst ist.
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