2. Abbreviations for titles of series and major reference works
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AASS Acta Sanctorum.
† AEW de Vries, Jan. 1962. Altnordisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch. 2nd rev ed. Leiden: Brill.
‡ ANG Noreen, A. 1923. Altnordische Grammatik. Halle: Niemeyer.
ASB Altnordische Saga-Bibliothek. 1892-1929. Vols 1-18. Halle: Niemeyer.
BA Bibliotheca Arnamagnæana. 1941-. Vol. 1-. Copenhagen: The Arnamagnæan Commission.
BONIS Bibliography of Old Norse-Icelandic Studies. 1964-. Vol. 1-. Copenhagen: Munksgaard and The Royal Library. 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. 1930-56. Vols 1-20. Copenhagen: Levin & Munksgaard before 1935; thereafter E. Munksgaard.
† CCL Corpus Christianorum. Series Latina. 1954-. Vol. 1-. Turnhout: Brepols.
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. 2nd 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. Heusler, Andreas and Wilhelm Ranisch, eds. 1903. Eddica Minora. Dichtungen Eddischer Art aus den fornaldarsögur und anderen prosawerken. Dortmund: Rufus.
EIM Early Icelandic Manuscripts in Facsimile. 1958-. Vol. 1-. Copenhagen: Rosenkilde & Bagger.
Fms Sveinbjörn Egilsson et al, eds. 1825-37. Fornmanna sögur eptir gömlum handritum útgefnar að tilhlutun hins norræna fornfrœða félags. 12 vols. Copenhagen: Popp.
Fritzner Fritzner, Johann. 1883-96. Ordbog over det gamle norske sprog. 3 vols. Kristiania (Oslo): den norske forlagsforening. 4th ed. repr. 1973. Oslo etc.: Universitetsforlaget.
Fritzner IV Hødnebø, Finn, ed. Rettelser og tillegg [to Fritzner's Ordbog]. 1972. Oslo etc.: Universitetsforlaget.
† FSN Rafn, Carl Christian, 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 Bragi Halldórsson, Jón Torfason, Sverrir Tómasson & Örnólfur Thorsson, eds. 1987. Íslendinga sögur og þættir. 3 vols. Reykjavík: Svart á Hvítu.
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 Litteraturs-Historie, Copenhagen.
LP Finnur Jónsson. 1931. Lexicon Poe¨ticum 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 (Copenhagen): 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. 1954-. Vol. 1- . 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.
# OED Murray, J. A. H. et al., eds. 1884-1928. The Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon. 2nd ed. 1989. Simpson, J. A. and E. S. C. Weiner, eds. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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 Migne, J.-P., ed. 1844-64. Patrologiae cursus completus omnium SS. patrum, doctorum scriptorumque ecclesiasticorum. Series latina. 221 vols. Paris.
RGA Ranke, Kurt, et al., eds. 1958-. Vol. 1-. Reallexikon der germanischen Altertumskunde. 2nd rev. ed. Berlin: de Gruyter.
RSÁM A-D Stofnun Árna Magnússonar á Íslandi. Reykjavík. Rit A, Vol. 1- (1972-); Rit B, Vols 1-3 (1958-71); Rit C, Vols 1 & 2 (1960-4); Rit D, Vol. 1- (1956-).
RSSN Stofnun Sigurðar Nordals. Rit, Reykjavík. Vol. 1- (1992-).
# Saxo Friis-Jensen, Karsten, ed. 2005. Saxo Grammaticus Gesta Danorum Danmarkshistorien. 2 vols. Dansk oversættelse ved Peter Zeeberg. Copenhagen: Det Danske Sprog- og Litteraturselskab & Gads Forlag.
† 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.
# SkP Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages.
SUGNL Samfundet til udgivelse af gammel nordisk litteratur. 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. 1983-. Vol. 1-. 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 Bibelgesellschaft 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.