Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages |
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Vol. I. Poetry for Scandinavian Rulers 1: From Mythological Times to c. 1035 |
1st pers. — first person 2nd pers. — second person 3rd pers. — third person acc. — accusative adj. — adjective adv. — adverb comp. — comparative conj. — conjunction cpd — compound dat. — dative def. art. — definite article e-m — einhverjum e-n — einhvern e-s — einhvers e-t — eitthvat e-u — einhverju f. — feminine gen. — genitive imp. — imperative indic. — indicative inf. — infinitive instr. — instrumental interrog. — interrogative m. — masculine m. v. — middle voice, mediopassive n. — neuter nom. — nominative pers. n. — personal name pl. — plural p. n. — place name poss. — possessive p. p. — past participle prep. — preposition pres. part. — present participle pret. — preterite pron. — pronoun refl. — reflexive rel. — relative sg. — singular subj. — subjunctive sup. — superlative Dan. — Danish Engl. — English Ger. — German Gk — Greek Gmc — Germanic Goth. — Gothic Icel. — Icelandic Lat. — Latin ME — Middle English MHG — Middle High German MIr. — Middle Irish MLat. — Medieval Latin MLG — Middle Low German ModDan. — Modern Danish ModEngl. — Modern English ModIcel. — Modern Icelandic ModNorw. — Modern Norwegian ModSwed. — Modern Swedish New Norw. — New Norwegian (nynorsk) Norw. — Norwegian ODan. — Old Danish OE — Old English OFr. — Old French OHG — Old High German OIcel. — Old Icelandic OIr. — Old Irish ON — Old Norse (used where differentiation between individual early Nordic [norrœn] languages is not necessary or possible) ONorw. — Old Norwegian OS — Old Saxon OSwed. — Old Swedish WGmc — West Germanic Akv — Atlakviða Alv — Alvíssmál Brot —Sigurðarkviða in meiri (Brot af) Fáfn — Fáfnismál Grí — Grímnismál Grott — Grottasǫngr Guðr I — Guðrúnarkviða I Guðr II — Guðrúnarkviða II Hamð — Hamðismál Hárb — Hárbarðsljóð Hávm — Hávamál HHj — Helgakviða Hjǫrvarðssonar HHund I — Helgakviða Hundingsbana I HHund II — Helgakviða Hundingsbana II Hym — Hymiskviða Hyndl — Hyndluljóð Lok — Lokasenna Oddrgr — Oddrúnargrátr Reg — Reginsmál Rþ — Rígsþula Sigrdr — Sigrdrífumál Sigsk — Sigurðarkviða in skamma Skí — Skírnismál Vafþr — Vafþrúðnismál Vsp — Vǫluspá Vǫl — Vǫlundarkviða Þry — Þrymskviða c. — circa C10th — tenth century (and similarly for references to other centuries) ch. — chapter chs — chapters d. — died ed. — editor, edited (by) edn — edition eds — editors, editions fol. — folio fols — folios Frag — fragment, stanza or part-stanza which cannot be assigned with certainty to an extended poem hap. leg. — hapax legomenon (pl. legomena)— unique word(s) l. — line ll. — lines lit. — literally (used in translations [italicised] and notes [roman]) Lv — lausavísa, pl. lausavísur — ‘loose stanza(s)’, freestanding stanza(s) ms. — manuscript mss — manuscripts n. — note (but e.g. Anm. if notes are labelled as such in the source) nn. — notes no. — number nos — numbers p. — page pp. — pages r. — reigned (of regnal dates of kings, jarls, etc.) S. — Saint s. a. — sub anno ‘under year’—for references to materials in annals sby — somebody st. — stanza sth. — something sts — stanzas vol. — volume vols — volumes * — reconstructed form, e.g. a hypothetical etymon † — obelos symbol for textual material that is impossibly corrupt or cannot be made sense of. One † is placed immediately before the beginning of the piece of corrupt text and another immediately after it. |
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