2. Abbreviations for titles of series and major reference works
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| AASS | Acta sanctorum. |
| † AEW | Jan de Vries 1962. Altnordisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch. 2nd edn. Leiden: Brill. |
| ‡ ANG | A. Noreen. 1923. Altnordishe Grammatik. |
| ASB | Altnordische Saga-Bibliothek. Vols. 1-18 (1892-1929) Halle: Niemeyer. |
| BA | Bibliotheca Arnamagnæana. Vol. I-(1941-). Copenhagen: The Arnamagnæan Commission. |
| BONIS | Bibliography of Old Norse-Icelandic Studies. Copenhagen: Munksgaard and The Royal Library. Vols. 1- (1964-). Continues in electronic form after 1983 as part of the ODIN database maintained by Odense University Library; accessible by telnet at <telnet://edb3.bib.sdu.dk>. |
| CCI | Corpus codicum Islandicorum medii ævi. Vol. I-XX(1930-56). Copenhagen: Levin & Munksgaard before 1935; thereafter E. Munksgaard. |
| † CCL | Corpus Christianorum. Series Latina. Vol. I- (1954- ). Turnhout: Brepols Publishers. |
| CCN folio | Corpus codicum Norvegicorum medii aevi: Folio series. |
| CCN quarto | Corpus codicum Norvegicorum medii aevi: Quarto series. |
| CPB | Gudbrand Vigfusson and F. York Powell. 1883. Corpvs Poeticvm Boreale: The Poetry of the Old Northern Tongue from the Earliest Times to the Thirteenth Century. 2 vols. Oxford: Clarendon. [repr. 1965, New York: Russell & Russell] |
| CVC | Cleasby, Richard, Gudbrand Vigfusson and W. A. Craigie. 1957. An Icelandic-English Dictionary. 2d ed. Oxford: Clarendon. [1st ed. 1874]. |
| DAI | Dissertation Abstracts International. UMI Dissertation Services. Ann Arbor, MI. <http://www.bellhowell.infolearning.com>. |
| DRI | Jacobsen, Lis and Erik Moltke. 1941-2. Danmarks Runeindskrifter. Copenhagen: E. Munksgaard. |
| EA A; EA B | Editiones Arnamagnæanæ. Series A, 1-(1958-); Series B, 1-(1960-). Copenhagen: The Arnamagnæan Commission. |
| † Edd. Min. | Andreas Heusler and Wilhelm Ranisch eds. 1903. Eddica Minora. Dichtungen Eddischer Art aus den fornaldarsögur und anderen prosawerken. Dortmund: Rufus. |
| EIM | Early Icelandic Manuscripts in Facsimile. Vol. 1-(1958-). Copenhagen: Rosenkilde & Bagger. |
| Fms | Fornmanna sögur eptir gömlum handritum útgefnar að tilhlutun hins norræna fornfrœða félags. 12 vols. Copenhagen: Popp (1825-37). |
| Fritzner | Fritzner, Johan. 1883-96. Ordbog over det gamle norske sprog. 3 vols. Kristiania (Oslo): den norske forlagsforening. 4th ed. repr.1973 Oslo etc.: Universitetsforlaget. |
| Fritzner IV | Finn Hødnebø ed. Rettelser og tillegg [to Fritzner’s Ordbog]. 1972. Oslo etc.: Universitetsforlaget. |
| † FSN | Carl Christian Rafn ed. 1829-30. Fornaldar sögur Nordrlanda. 3 vols. Copenhagen: Popp. |
| † FSGJ | Guðni Jónsson ed. 1959. Fornaldar sögur Norðurlanda. 4 vols. [n.p.]: Íslendingasagnaútgáfan. |
| ÍF | Íslenzk fornrit, Reykjavík: Hið íslenzka fornritafélag |
| Vol. 1 (pts. 1 and 2): Íslendingabók; Landnámabók. Ed. Jakob Benediktsson (1968). | |
| Vol. 2: Egils saga Skalla-Grímssonar. Ed. Sigurður Nordal (1933). | |
| Vol. 3: Borgfirðinga sǫgur. Ed. Sigurður Nordal and Guðni Jónsson (1938). | |
| Vol. 4: Eyrbyggja saga. Ed. Einar Ól. Sveinsson and Matthías Þórðarson (1935). | |
| Vol. 5: Laxdœla saga. Ed. Einar Ól. Sveinsson (1934). | |
| Vol. 6: Vestfirðinga sǫgur. Ed. Björn K. Þórólfsson and Guðni Jónsson (1943). | |
| Vol. 7: Grettis saga Ásmundarson. Ed. Guðni Jónsson (1936). | |
| Vol. 8: Vatnsdœla saga. Ed. Einar Ól. Sveinsson (1939). | |
| Vol. 9: Eyfirðinga sǫgur. Ed. Jónas Kristjánsson (1956). | |
| Vol. 10: Ljósvetninga saga. Ed. Björn Sigfússon (1940). | |
| Vol. 11: Austfirðinga sǫgur. Ed. Jón Jóhannesson (1950). | |
| Vol. 12: Brennu-Njáls saga. Ed. Einar Ól. Sveinsson (1954). | |
| Vol. 13: Harðar saga. Ed. Þorhallur Vilmundarson and Bjarni Vilhjálmsson (1991). | |
| Vol. 14: Kjalnesinga saga. Ed. Jóhannes Halldórsson (1959). | |
| Vol. 17: Biskupa sǫgur III. Ed. Guðrún Ása Grímsdóttir (1998) | |
| Vols 26-8: Heimskringla. Ed. Bjarni Aðalbjarnarson (1941-51). | |
| Vol. 29: Ágrip af Nóregskonunga sǫgum. Fagrskinna. Nóregs konunga tal. Ed. Bjarni Einarsson (1984) | |
| Vol. 34: Orkneyinga saga. Ed. Finnbogi Guðmundsson (1965). | |
| Vol. 35: Danakonunga sǫgur. Ed. Bjarni Guðnason (1982). | |
| ‡ ÍM | Jón Helgason ed. 1936-8. Íslenzk miðaldakvæði: Islandske digte fra senmiddelalderen. 2 vols. Copenhagen: Ejnar Munksgaard. |
| ‡ ÍO | Ásgeir Bl. Magnússon. 1989. Íslensk orðsifjabók. Reykjavík: Orðabók Háskólans. |
| ÍS | Íslendinga sögur og þættir. Ed. Bragi Halldórsson, Jón Torfason, Sverrir Tómasson & Örnólfur Thorsson. 3 vols. Reykjavík: Svart á Hvítu (1987). |
| KLNM | Kulturhistorisk leksikon for nordisk middelalder fra vikingetid til reformationstid. 1956-78. 22 vols. Copenhagen: Rosenkilde & Bagger. [all references are to column nos.] |
| Kommentar | von See, Klaus, Beatrice la Farge, Eve Picard and Katja Schulz. 1997. Kommentar zu den Liedern der Edda. Vol. 2 (1997); vol. 3 (2000). 6-volume series continuing. Heidelberg: Winter. |
| ‡ LH | Finnur Jónsson. 1923. Den oldnorsk og oldislandske Literaturs-Historie, Copenhagen. |
| LP | Finnur Jónsson. 1931. Lexicon Poëticum Antiquæ Linguæ Septentrionalis. Ordbog over det norsk-islandske skjaldesprog oprindelig forfattet af Sveinbjörn Egilsson. 2nd ed. Copenhagen: Møller. Rpt. 1966. Copenhagen: Atlas Bogtryk. |
| † LP (1860) | Sveinbjörn Egilsson ed. 1860. Lexicon poëticum antiquae linguae septentrionalis. Hafniae: Societas Regia Antiquariorum Septentrionalium. |
| LT | La Farge, Beatrice and John Tucker. 1992. Glossary to the Poetic Edda, based on Hans Kuhn’s Kurzes Wörterbuch. Skandinavistiche Arbeiten 15. Heidelberg: Winter. |
| MedS | Pulsiano, Phillip and Kirsten Wolf, eds. 1993. Medieval Scandinavia. An Encyclopedia. New York and London: Garland. |
| Meissner | Meissner, Rudolf. 1921. Die Kenningar der Skalden. Ein Beitrag zur skaldischen Poetik. Bonn etc.: Schroeder. Rpt. 1984. Hildesheim etc.: Olms. |
| MI | Manuscripta Islandica. Vol. 1-(1954-). Copenhagen: Munksgaard. |
| NiyR | Olsen, Magnus. 1941-60. Norges innskrifter med de yngre runer. Vols 1-5. Vols 3-5 in collaboration with Aslak Liestøl. Oslo: J. Dybwad. |
| Liestøl, Aslok. 1980. Norges innskrifter med de yngre runer. Vol. 6. Oslo: J. Dybwad. | |
| Sanness Johnsen, Ingrid. 1990. Norges innskrifter med de yngre runer. Vol. 6, part 2: Bryggen i Bergen I. Oslo: J. Dybwad. | |
| NK | Neckel, Gustav and Hans Kuhn, eds. 1983. Edda: Die Lieder des Codex Regius nebst verwandten Denkmälern. Vol. 1, Text. 5th ed. Heidelberg: Winter. |
| NN | Kock, Ernst Albin. 1923-44. Notationes Norrœnæ: Anteckningar till Edda och skaldediktning. Lunds Universitets årsskrift. New ser., sec. 1. Lund: Gleerup. |
| ‡ NS | Nygaard, Marius. 1905. Norrøn syntax. Oslo: Aschehoug. |
| ONP | Degnbol, Helle, Bent Chr. Jacobsen, Eva Rode, Christopher Sanders, Þorbjörg Helgadóttir eds., A Dictionary of Old Norse Prose / Ordbog over den norrøne prosasprog. Indices / Registre 1989; vol. 1: a- bam 1995; vol. 2: ban-da 2000; vol. 3: de-em 2004; series continuing (James E. Knirk, editor-in-chief vol. 2). Copenhagen: The Arnamagnæan Commission. |
| Orðstöðulykill | Íslendinga sögur. Orðstöðulykill og texti. Eiríkur Rögnvaldsson (editor in chief). Reykjavík: Mál og Menning, 1996. [CD-ROM and Manual] |
| Pet | Peterson, Lena. Nordiskt runnamnlexikon <http://grimnir.dal.lu.se/runlex> |
| PL | J.-P. Migne ed. 1844-64. Patrologiae cursus completus omnium SS. patrum, doctorum scriptorumque ecclesiasticorum. Series latina. 221 vols. Paris. |
| RGA | Reallexikon der germanischen Altertumskunde. 2d rev. ed. Kurt Ranke et al. Vols. 1-(1958-). Berlin: de Gruyter. |
| RSÁM | A-D Stofnun Árna Magnússonar á Íslandi. Reykjavík. Rit A, Vol. 1-(1972-); Rit B, Vols. I-III (1958-71); Rit C, Vols. I & II (1960-4); Rit D, Vols. I-(1956-). |
| RSSN | Stofnun Sigurðar Nordals. Rit, Reykjavík. Vol. 1-(1992-). |
| † SHI | Sveinbjörn Egilsson ed. 1828-46. Scripta historica Islandorum de rebus gestis veterum Borealium, latine reddita et apparatu critico instructa, curante Societate regia antiquariorum septentrionalium. 12 vols. Copenhagen: Popp; London: John & Arthur Arch. |
| SR | Sveriges Runinskrifter utgivna av Kungliga Vitterhets Historie och Antikvitets Akademien. |
| SRdb | Samnordisk Runetextdatabas at <http://www.nordiska.uu.se/forskn/samnord.htm> |
| Skald | Kock, Ernst Albin ed. 1946-50. Den norsk-isländska skaldediktningen. 2 vols. Lund: Gleerup. |
| Skj | Finnur Jónsson ed. 1912-15. Den norsk-islandske skjaldedigtning. Vols AI, AII (tekst efter håndskrifterne) and BI, BII (rettet tekst). Copenhagen: Gyldendal. Rpt. 1967 (A) and 1973 (B). Copenhagen: Rosenkilde & Bagger. |
| SUGNL | Samfundet til udgivelse af gammel nordisk literatur. Copenhagen. |
| Sö | Brate, Erik and Elias Wessén. 1935-61. Södermanlands runinskrifter. SR IV. Stockholm: Kungliga Vitterhets Historie och Antikvitetsakademien. |
| U | Wessén, Elias and Sven B. F. Jansson. 1940-58. Upplands Runinskrifter. 4 vols. SR VI-IX. Stockholm: Wahlstrøm & Widstrand. |
| VC | The Viking Collection. Vol. 1-(1983-). Odense: University Press of Southern Denmark (until 2002 Odense University Press). |
| Vulg | Biblia Sacra iuxta Vulgatam adiuvantibus Bonifatio Fischer OSB, Iohanne Gribomont OSB, H. F. D. Sparks, W. Thiele recensuit et brevi apparatu instruxit Robertus Weber OSB editio tertia emendata quam paravit Bonifatius Fischer OSB, editio minor Deutsche Bibelgeselleschaft Stuttgart, dritte verbesserte Auflage, 1984. (The editions of 1969 and 1983 are also acceptable). |
| Öl | Söderberg, Sven and Erik Brate. 1900-6. Ölands Runinskrifter. SR I. Stockholm: Kungliga Vitterhets Historie och Antikvitetsakademien. |
| Ög | Brate, Erik. 1911-8. Östergötlands Runinskrifter. SR II. Stockholm: Kungliga Vitterhets Historie och Antikvitetsakademien. |