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Vol. VII. Poetry on Christian Subjects 4. Abbreviations 5. Other abbreviations

5. Other abbreviations

Margaret Clunies Ross 2007, ‘Other abbreviations’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols [check printed volume for citation].

ÁMÁrni Magnússon
c.circa
C10thtenth century (and similarly for references to other centuries)
ch. chapter
chs chapters
d. died
ed.editor, edited (by)
ednedition
edseditors, editions
fol.folio
folsfolios
hap. leg. hapax legomenon (pl. legomena) — unique word(s)
l.line
ll.lines
lit. literally (used in translations [italicised] and notes [roman])
lv.lausavísa
lvv.lausavísur
ms.manuscript
mssmanuscripts
n. note (but e.g. Anm. if notes are labelled as such in the source)
no.number
p. page
pp. pages
r.reigned (of regnal dates of kings, earls etc.)
S.Saint
SS.Saints
sp.spelt/spelled
st.stanza
stsstanzas
v.verse
vv.verses
vol.volume
w. o. word order
* 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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