Format:
1 online resource (151 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780754698494
Series Statement:
Studies in Early Medieval Britain and Ireland Ser.
Content:
This book provides an in-depth study into the issue of vernacular names in Old English documents. Specifically it challenges the generally accepted notion that the sex of an individual is definitively indicated by the grammatical gender of their name. While modern scholars have generally felt no difficulty is distinguishing male from female names, this book asks how far the Anglo-Saxons themselves recognised this distinction, and in so doing critically examines and tests the general principle that grammatical gender is a certain indicator of biological sex. Anyone with an interest in Old English manuscripts or early medieval history will find this book both thought provoking and a useful reference tool for better understanding the Anglo-Saxon world.
Content:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- List of Abbreviations -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 General Introduction -- 1.2 Particular Questions to be Discussed -- 1.3 Previous Work in the Field -- 2 The Material -- 2.1 Sources -- 2.1.1 Reliability of the Source Material -- 2.1.2 Discussion of the Source Material -- 2.2 Editions Used -- 2.3 The Female Names -- 3 Analysis and Classification of the Material -- 3.1 Di-thematic Names -- 3.1.1 Second Elements of Di-thematic Names -- 3.1.2 First Elements of Di-thematic Names -- 3.2 Mono-thematic Names -- 3.2.1 Mono-thematic Names Corresponding to Old English Nouns and Adjectives -- 3.2.2 Other Mono-thematic Names -- 4 Discussion of Di-thematic Names -- 4.1 General -- 4.2 Second Name-elements -- 4.2.1 Male and Female Names -- 4.3 First Name-elements -- 4.4 Conclusions -- 5 Analysis and Discussion of Mono-thematic Names -- 5.1 General -- 5.2 Identification of the Head-word -- 5.3 Origin of Names -- 5.3.1 Names whose Origins are or may be Old English Words -- 5.3.2 Names that are Shortened Forms of Di-thematic Names -- 5.3.3 Hypocoristic Names -- 5.3.4 Nicknames -- 5.3.5 Uncertainty of Actual Origin -- 5.4 Similar Male and Female Names -- 5.5 Conclusions -- 6 Some Implications -- 6.1 Assumptions about Sex made from Personal Names -- 6.1.1 Finger-rings -- 6.1.2 Name-stones from Hartlepool -- 6.1.3 Other Inscriptions -- 6.1.4 Some Names in the Durham Liber Vitae -- 6.2 Coins and Moneyers -- 6.3 Words Used to Describe Women -- 6.4 Implications for the Presentation of the Material under Discussion -- 7 Vernacular Names in Old English Poetry -- 8 General Discussion -- 8.1 The Naming of a Child -- 8.2 Gender Specificity -- 8.3 Naming Practices at Different Periods and in Different Areas -- 8.4 The Importance of Meaning in Old English Name-elements.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781409400103
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781409400103
Language:
English
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=674533
Author information:
Story, Joanna 1970-
