In:Germanic Interrelations: Studies in memory of Hans Frede Nielsen
Edited by Stephen Laker, Carla Falluomini, Steffen Krogh, Robert Nedoma and Michael Schulte
[NOWELE Supplement Series 34] 2025
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A
- Ablaut 24, 127, 131, 133–134
- Ablösewort 228, 236–237
- accent 50, 52–54, 58, 69, 109, 210, 233, 276
- accesibility hierachy181
- Adam von Bremen, Gesta Hammaburgensis272
- Adamklissi inscription 259, 263
- adjective 26, 57, 72, 74–78, 90, 95–96, 98, 109, 178, 248, 254–255, 269, 299, 200, 277–278, 302, 307, 332, 366
- adverb 45, 47, 128, 178, 233, 225
- adverbial112
- Æthelweard Chronicon119
- affricate, affrication 46, 112, 208
- agent nounSee nomen agentis
- Akzentwechsel 276, 278
- alliteration 316–339
- allograph75
- allomorphy 78, 128
- allophone 159, 163, 166, 170, 202, 204, 214, 299, 361–362, 367–368, 370
- alternation, Alternanz 26, 89, 160–161, 260, 301, 353
- anakrusis 326–327, 337
- analogy 75, 127, 141, 164, 256, 301, 363
- Anglian smoothing167
- Anglo-Saxon Charters 118, 121
- Anglo-Saxon Chronicle138
- Annales Cambriae139
- Anonymous Life of Gregory the Great 115–116
- Antonine Itinerary242
- aphasia207
- apocope 79, 366, 368
- apophonic pattern 77, 252
- archiphoneme205
- Äskatorp bracteate328
- aspiration 65, 204, 206, 208, 212, 297
- Asser, Life of King Alfred118
- assibilation363
- assimilation 45, 65–66, 157, 204–205, 252, 301, 363
- attenuative 90, 93, 96, 98
- Auflösung 315–337
- Auftakt 326, 337 ; See also Anakrusis
- Avienus, Ora maritima274
B
- bahuvrihi 26, 77 ; See also compound
- Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica 105–120, 138–140
- Bedeutungsverschiebung 234, 274
- Beowulf 165, 373
- Beuchte brooch140
- Birrens inscription 252–255
- blend 132–133
- borrowing 89, 91–93, 96–98, 111, 170, 186, 205, 213, 219, 227–228, 234–237, 295–297, 299, 304–306, 353–354
- Bratsberg Fibel328
- breaking 132, 157–170, 202, 297
- Brokmer manuscript75
- Bystein inscription329
C
- Caedmon’s Hymn167
- Caesar, De bello Gallico 242, 245, 274
- Carolingian Laws 107, 121
- cluster 61, 114, 133, 160, 166, 170, 298
- cognomen246
- Colijnsplaat dedication260
- collective noun 177, 274, 321, 333
- combinatory variant159
- compensatory processes 210, 215, 297, 361
- composition vowel 244, 248, 254, 256, 260, 262–263
- compound 21, 24, 26–30, 51–55, 59, 77, 88, 118–119, 132, 244, 260, 256, 262, 299, 307, 350, 366
- Concordia sarcophagus inscription140
- conditioned diphthong159
- congruence176
- Constantius, Life of Germanus of Auxerre117
- contact 2–4, 43, 108, 145, 151, 153, 236, 295–296, 303–305, 346, 348, 354, 367
- creole86
D
- Danismus 227–236
- dative 42–43, 45–47, 111–112, 128–129, 175, 181–183, 229
- decipherment 152, 362
- declension 89, 108–109, 300, 302, 306–307
- definite article 42, 44, 46, 53, 175, 194
- DehnungSee lengthening
- delabialisation26
- demonstrative pronoun 175, 178, 186–187, 193–194, 224
- devoicing 204, 212
- dichotomous phonology207
- diglossie 218, 229, 236
- digraph 129, 147, 157–158, 162–163, 165
- diminutive 90, 94, 305–306
- Diodor, Bibliotheca historica276
- distinctive feature 162, 202–213, 298
- dithematic name 139, 141, 248, 314, 317, 366, 368, 373
- dominant language84
- dragchain210
- Druk incunablum 128–129
- dummy (subject) 186, 193
- Durham, Liber Vitae141
- Dybos Regel276
E
- Eadgar’s Fourth Law Code111
- ek erilaʀ-Mikroformel 325–331
- empty holeSee gap
- enclisis 67–68
- EntlehnungSee borrowing
- entropy99
- epenthesis 157, 163, 273
- Erbwort(schatz) 132, 233, 236
- Erfurt Glossary302
- exclave 92, 97–98
- expanded form42
- extension 127, 139, 349–350, 352
- extra-prosodicity 58–69
F
- fieldwork 3, 146, 149, 174, 199–201
- First Consonant Shift208
- Fivelgo Manuscript 73–75, 129, 132
- Fontes Egmundenses288
- free-affectee construction182
- Fremdwort228
- Fugenelement26
G
- Gallehushorn 315, 318–321, 324–327, 334, 337–339
- Gallic Chronicle117
- gap 126, 207, 210–211, 259, 297
- Geminos, Elementa astronomiae 270–271, 276
- gender 140, 176, 356, 368–369
- generative 5, 203, 208
- genitive 75, 89, 119, 128, 161, 167, 175, 180, 234, 244, 246, 252, 276, 279, 288, 290, 292
- GenusSee gender
- Gildas, De excidio117
- glottalic theory206
- Glottolog 82, 86, 88, 90, 92, 94
- glottal stop54
- Y Gododdin113
- Gøtudansk 230–233, 236
- grade (zero/full) 76, 247, 251–252, 259, 276
- graffiti 246–247, 257–258, 261–262
- grammatischer WechselSee Verner
- grapheme 74, 158, 297–298, 360, 362
- Great Vowel Shift 205, 208, 213
- Gregory of Tours, Historiae Francorum117
- Gregory, Pope, Epistolae 114–117
- Gregory, Pope, Moralium Libri115
- Grimm’s Law 259, 304–305
- Grønviks Substitutionsregel338
- Guthlac B112
H
- Haet is riucht? catechism127
- heteroclitic r/n243
- hiatus 68, 254
- Himlingøje brooch140
- Hirt’s Law276
- homophone 231, 235
- Hunsingo manuscript74
- hypercorrection 223, 232
I
- i-affection113
- idiolect84
- Illerup Ådal inscriptions140
- imperative 66, 68, 232, 258, 261
- infinitive 2, 45, 68, 128
- influence 42, 44, 84, 113, 116, 119, 130, 152, 157, 170, 208, 227, 232, 236, 244–245, 299, 346, 353–354
- interference 231, 232, 297, 299, 302
- ISO 86, 90
J
- Järsbergstein 330–331
- Jelling runestone119
- Jus manuscript 127–128
K
- Kjølevikstein 317–318
- Klosterneuburg gravestone251
- KompositumSee compound
- KongruenzSee congruence
- Kosmas Indikopleustes, Topographia Christiana 270–271
- Kragehul lance-shaft329
L
- labial mutation (Frisian) 78–79
- Lachmann’s Law 168–170
- La Graufesenque inscription262
- language acquisition207
- Langzeile 312–340 ; See also Protolangzeile
- Laryngalbrechung278
- Lautgleichung24
- Lautnachahmung24
- Laws of King Ine120
- l-cases147
- left dislocation 335, 193
- Leges Barbarorum107
- Lehnübersetzung227
- LehnwortSee loan word
- lengthening 26, 47, 157, 164, 168–170, 210–214, 246, 297–298, 361
- lenition 208–209, 211–212, 298
- Leseaussprache 231–232
- Lex Salica293
- levelling40
- Lev Shcherba’s school (Leningrad/St.Petersburg) school 160, 205
- lexical specification 59–63
- liason51
- Liber Pontificalis116
- ligature257
- Lindholm amulet328
- LinksversetzungSee left dislocation
- litotes 322–323
- Livonian broken tone151
- Ljóðaháttr 332, 334
- loan(word) 59, 64, 78, 89, 92–93, 95–99, 130–133, 149–150, 152–153, 222, 251, 295–308, 354
- Loveden Hill urn 356–374
- lowering 246, 263, 306
- L vocalisation158
M
- Martial, Epigrammaton169
- Martianus Capella, De nuptiis271
- Matrixsprache232
- merger 205, 210–211, 213, 297, 352
- meta-language 87–88
- metaphor77
- minority language84
- monolexeme 84, 87
- monophthongization 161, 204, 261
- mora 50–69
- Munsell color array84
- mutationSee umlaut
N
- namesSee personal names, place-names, -nym
- Namur tombstone258
- nasalization 297–298, 361
- neogrammarian 144, 149–151, 202–203, 213–215
- Neubildung26
- Neuss funerary inscription248
- neutralization205
- Nolebystein 321–322, 333
- nomen actionis247
- nomen agentis 26, 131, 255
- -nym
- anthroponym 248, 251, 259, 365–366, 368
- antonym322
- ethnonym 103–119, 242, 244, 248, 250, 260, 263–264, 274
- homonym 205, 211, 214
- hydronym 259–260, 338
- patronym 248, 251–252, 259–260, 320
- theonym 253–256, 260
- toponym 112, 142, 144, 269–280, 291, 351
O
- Ockham’s razor60
- Ohthere’s account 110–111
- Old English Martyrology 111, 118
- Old English Orosius110
- Old West Frisian charters130
- Old Turkic Orkhon inscriptions152
- orthography 44, 64, 147, 158, 162–163, 218, 223, 232, 296
- OrtsnamenSee place-names
- Ovid Amor169
P
- palaeogramarian144
- palatalization 26, 46, 75, 112, 141, 214, 230, 363
- palatal consonant94
- palatal diphthong 254, 264
- Parker Chronicle 105, 111, 118, 121
- Paulus Diaconus, Historia Langobardorum118
- personal names 109, 139, 140, 142, 287–293, 299, 306, 319, 328–329, 356, 365, 369–370, 373
- personal pronoun 43, 46, 319, 326–327, 364
- PersonennamenSee Personal names
- Peutinger map242
- Pforzen Gürtelschnalle338
- phonemic split360
- phonotactics 166, 257, 297
- Place-names 112, 121, 140, 162, 243–244, 251, 253, 259, 262, 287–293, 326, 346
- Pliny, Naturalis historia 106, 113, 242, 259, 263, 271, 273, 276, 303
- Polybius, Historiae270
- Pomponius Mela, Chorographia271
- postposition 128, 147
- preaspiration54
- Preference Laws57
- prefix 63, 75, 205, 244, 254
- preglottalisation54
- preposition 42, 44–45, 174, 183, 185–192, 195, 243
- primary stress 52, 55, 58, 64–65
- Prague Circle 159 160, 203–205, 209
- Procopius, De bello Gothico 105–107, 19, 114, 272
- prosody 50–69, 157, 161–170, 215, 296
- Proto-Langzeile (proto-long line) 314, 324, 326, 328, 337
- Ptolemy, Geographica 105–106, 109, 112–113, 242, 251, 272, 279, 280
- pushchain210
- Pytheas fragments 269–280
R
- Rakkestadstein (Øverby)329
- raising 111, 139
- reborrowing306
- Rechtschreibreform229
- Rechtschreibung 218, 222
- reduplication246
- reference variety 85–98
- reflexive possessive43
- reflexive pronoun46
- relative adverb 190–192
- relative clause 173–195
- relative pronoun 65, 173–195
- RelativsatzSee relative clause
- Relikt(wort) 19, 25–26, 30
- relative particle180
- rephonologization 203, 208, 246
- resolution 315, 321, 332, 333
- resumption 178, 195
- resyllabification 161, 166
- retraction263
- rhotacism208
- rhyme 37, 40, 45, 52, 67, 127, 129, 133, 166
- Rimburg tombstone251
- Roorda manuscript 128–129
- Rosselandstein 328, 332
- Rotweil graveyard inscription252
S
- sandhi205
- Saxo Grammaticus, Gesta Danorum112
- Schärfung24
- Schriftsprache, written language 44, 126, 134, 185, 217–238
- Schwundstufe, zero-grade 147, 251–252, 273, 276
- Second Consonant Shift208
- semantic development 98, 259, 350
- short diphthongs 162–164
- shortening 42, 66, 139, 164–165, 254, 212, 315
- Sievers’ Law161
- SilbenschnittSee syllable cut
- simplification 114, 297–298, 304
- s-mobile259
- Snitser Recesboeken130
- Solinus, Collectanea rerum memorabilium 271–273
- sonority 52, 55–56, 66–67, 69
- source argument 128–129
- Sparlösastein333
- spelling 5, 39, 42–47, 75, 105–106, 109, 113, 119, 141, 147, 157–158, 162–163, 167, 242, 245, 253, 263, 298–299, 363, 372 ; See also Rechtschreibung
- Sperrschrift 224, 238
- spirantization170
- Spong Hill urns 357–359, 369
- SprachinselSee exclave
- stability 84, 162, 209–213
- Stentoftenstein 334–335, 339
- Stephanus Byzantius, Ethnica271
- Sprichwort 226
- Strabo, Geographica 106, 256, 270–272
- StabreimSee alliteration
- structuralism 50, 75, 105, 203
- Substantivgroßschreibung 223, 230, 234
- Substantivierung 276, 278
- substitution 87, 149, 166, 295, 299, 304, 353, 361
- substrate 19, 24, 28, 93, 127, 133, 276, 304
- suffix 20, 60–62, 64, 68, 76, 89, 99, 109, 138–141, 160, 225, 228, 243, 248, 250, 254, 277, 306, 353
- superlative 74, 147, 194
- syllabification 160–161
- syllable cut209
- symmetry 209, 212, 215
- syncope 66, 113, 116, 129, 234, 140
- synonym 25, 30, 119, 132, 225, 231, 319
- stød 50–69, 151, 210
T
- Tacitus, Agricola272
- Tacitus, Germania 104–106, 142, 263, 279
- target language88
- Tenuiserweichung26
- thema argument128
- thematic vowel 109, 112, 366
- Thomsen’s Law151
- Thorsberg chape 323, 337
- Thurneysen’s Law301
- Tienen inscriptions 240–264
- Tjurkö bracteate 335–336, 337
- /t/-morpheme57
- toponymSee names
- Tribal Hidage 105, 117
U
- Übach-Palenberg funerary inscription260
- Unia manuscript128
- Umlaut
111, 215, 329
- a-~ 244, 246–247, 297, 306–307
- back ~ 170, 205
- i- ~ / palatal ~ 24, 109, 111, 113, 128–129, 131, 139–141, 204, 206, 214, 321, 329, 366
- Old Norse labial ~ 78, 206
- Nordic / Scandinavian ~ 66, 214–215
- Old English velar ~206
- unrounding 44, 129
V
- V2-Satzstellung 194–195, 320–321
- Valsfjord cliff inscription 327, 350
- Väsby bracteate328
- Veblungsnes Felsinschrift328
- Venantius Fortunatus, Opera Poetica106
- verb
126–134
- modal ~ 44–45
- privative ~128
- strong ~ 77, 127, 129, 131 133–134, 246, 307, 363
- weak ~ 160, 257–258, 261, 263
- Vergilius, Georgica271
- Verner alternation / variation 127, 208, 301–302, 307
- Verner’s Law 151, 208, 254, 307
- Vespasian Pslater gloss167
- Vindolanda inscriptions 248–249, 251, 262–263
- Vita Alcuini119
- Vokakalliteration313
- voicing 43, 45, 204, 206, 208, 211–212, 254
- Vokalalternanz26
- VollstufeSee grade
W
- weakening 78–79, 208 See also lenition
- Wels tombstone260
- Wenkersätze3
- West Germanic gemination211
- Widsith 110–111
- WiederaufnahmeSee resumption
- Willibald, Vita Bonifatii118
- World Color Survey84
