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2. Manuals and Guidelines 1. Mini Manual 4. Guidelines on Normalisation II. Normalisation procedures for forthcoming volumes

II. Normalisation procedures for forthcoming volumes

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1. Normalisations in C13th sagas

In the case of sagas straddling the 1250 time line, normalisation should be to the probable chronology (floruit) of the individual skalds, as determined by the available evidence, and not to the presumed date of the prose text within which the poetry has been preserved. The issue should be mentioned in the Introduction.

2.  Normalisation of personal names in post-1250 poetry

Personal names, when they occur in the text of a poem, should be normalised to the presumed time and place when the poem was composed. So in the example below, the form Hörða would appear in the Text, Prose order and Readings (the latter if necessary), while everywhere else (Translation, Introduction, Notes) the name should be given in the (artificial) early C13th standard. So, in this case, as Hǫrða:

Hákkv 26 Enn sú rausn {grams Hörða} knátti ríða með himinskautum… 'And that splendour {of the lord of the Hǫrðar} [= Hákon] spread between the corners of heaven…'.

3. Normalisation of personal names of poets

Names of skalds should be normalised to the early C13th standard, even if they did not live at that time.

This practice should be adopted everywhere except where the skald name appears in the actual text of a poem. Then it should be normalised to the time and place of the poem's supposed composition. It will appear thus in Text, Prose order and, if necessary, Readings (as in C above).

In cases where the poet's name would have been/was spelled differently from the C13th standard, the non-standard form can be explained and cited in the skald biography.

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