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Ivar Berg: Språket som vart norsk. Språkhistorie frå urnordisk til 1800-talet.
Full text linkSpråkhistoria til Berg er et alternativ til det som allerede fins av ettbinds innføringer i norsk språkhistorie beregna for universitets- og høgskole-nivå: Almenningen m.fl. (2002), Nesse (2013), Otnes & Aamotsbakken (2017) og Torp & Vikør (2014). Boka til Berg skiller seg imidlertid fra disse ved at den bare beskriver utviklinga fra urnordisk til 1800-tallet og altså ikke dekker heile tidsrommet fram til i dag, men dette kan løses ved at den suppleres med Jahr (2019). Boka til Berg inneholder derimot så mye stoff om gammalnorsk at den nok er meint å kunne brukes uten ei innføring i norrøn grammatikk som Haugen (2015) ved sida. Her skiller den seg klart fra bøkene til Almenningen m.fl. og Torp & Vikør, mens Nesse har med litt stoff om gammalnorsk språkstruktur og Otnes & Aa-motsbakken har med om lag like mye gammalnorsk grammatikk som Berg
Vi bara testade en hypotes... Ännu mer om preverbala adverbial i svenska
Full text linkDenna artikel kartlägger och problematiserar förekomsten av preverbala adverbial i svenska, dvs. adverbial placerade före det finita verbet i huvudsatser. Resultatet av en större korpusundersökning visar att de adverbial som kan placeras preverbalt är betydligt fler än vad som tidigare antagits, även om olika adverbial förekommer med olika frekvens i materialet. Vidare argumenteras för att ingen av de analyser som tidigare presenterats om fenomenet helt lyckas fånga det relativt komplexa samspel mellan syntax, semantik, pragmatik och prosodi som möjliggör preverbal placering av adverbial. De preverbala adverbialen delas in i två distinkta grupper: i) fokuserande, syntaktisk osjälvständiga ledadverbial och ii) kontrastiva, syntaktiskt självständiga adverbial som kan fungera som led- eller satsadverbial. Den första gruppen innehåller färre men mer frekvent förekommande adverbial än den andra. Artikeln väcker därmed en rad frågor om vad som begränsar och möjliggör preverbal placering av adverbial
Den fryktede kongen i Norges «borgerkrigstid»
Full text linkThis article aims to discuss two principal emotions of power a king should evoke as a principle of rulership, in the sense that a medieval king should be loved as well as feared. It explains how this principle was formulated in Norwegian royal ideology according to normative sources in the 12th and 13th century, and also influenced the depiction and assessment of kings in the narrative sources, i.e. the Kings’ sagas. The main focus will lay on the depiction of regents from the so-called “civil war” period, 1130‒1240, and how kings managed to frighten others into submission. The article argues that kings had to keep a balance between the two guiding principles in order not to be labelled as cruel and provoke opposition. Thus, their exercise of violence was limited and exemplary, and served mainly to restore their authority when other means failed
Kurt Villads Jensen, Janus Møller-Jensen, Carsten Selch Jensen (eds.): Fighting for the Faith – The Many Crusades
Full text linkThe Crusades have been one of the most enduringly popular topics in medieval history among historians and a wider public alike, and crusade studies have reached an impressive critical mass over the last few decades. In the process, it has become one of the most cross-disciplinary fields within medieval history, encompassing a multitude of methodological and theoretical approaches. Fighting for the Faith – The Many Crusades aims to illustrate the variety in Crusade studies internationally. The initiative arose from general discussions about the Crusades among a group of Danish medievalist at the University of Southern Denmark in Odense, which led to further discussions at symposia and workshops around Europe and in the United States. In the “Introduction”, Kurt Villads Jensen and Carsten Selch Jensen state that the aim of the book is to discuss “some of the fundamental questions of current Crusade studies, including the reasons for undertaking crusades, against whom to crusade, and the periods during which it was possible to go on crusades – as well as what happened subsequently” (p. 9). The anthology consists of fifteen articles that cover a broad range of themes related to the Crusades and aspects of crusading. The contributions are almost exclusively limited to textual analyses, with the exception of Theresa M. Vann’s article on the role of images in the Hospitallers’ early book production
Lotta Fernstål og Charlotte Hyltén-Cavallius (red.) 2018. Undersökning om de så kallade tattare eller zigeuner, cingari, bohemiens: Deras härkomst lefnadsätt, språk m.m. Samt om, när och hwarest några satt sig ner i Swerige?
Full text linkRomfolkets opprinnelse og levemåte har vært et tema for folkelivsskildrere og forskere i Europa helt tilbake til 1400-tallet. Fra 1700-tallet kjenner vi flere skrifter og avhandlinger fra nordiske land som diskuterer opprinnelse, levemåte og språk – en periode da interessen for nasjonale særtrekk var økende. I 1780 skrev presten Christfried Ganander en oppgave med tittelen Undersökning om de så kallade tattare eller zigeuner, cingari, bohemiens: deras härkomst lefnadsätt, språk m.m. Samt om, när och hwarest några satt sig ner i Swerige? Den var et bidrag til en årlig konkurranse til «Kungliga Vitterhetsakademien» i Stockholm, og var skrevet for hånd. Gananders oppgave er skrevet på svensk, med unntak av noen få ord på andre språk. Den finnes bare i ett eksemplar, bevart i Antikvarisk-Topografiska arkivet i Stockholm. Den består av en tittelside og 34 paragrafer med korte kapittel. Teksten er tettskrevet, med blekk på begge sider av arkene
Minnesøkologi og den uregjerlige industriarven
Full text linkThis essay explores the entangled material and biological afterlife of coal and steel industries in the German Ruhr region. The industrial nature, Industrienatur, of the heritage site Kokerei Hansa in Dortmund serves as starting point for a broader reflection on both the nature of memory and the memory of nature. Drawing on new materialist theory and media ecology, the ambition of this paper is to contribute to a versatile notion of memory processes which are wildly distributed across a variety of forms and media from buildings, landscapes, man-made substrates to ruderal plant species. Adopting an ecological approach, this essay explores the volatile relations between plants, buildings and anthropogenic substrates as an important, but ultimately ephemeral form of memory which recollects past practices of the former coke plant. Industrienatur draws attention to the composite character of sites which are shaped both by natural processes and cultural history. This ruderal ecology unfolds in ill-defined, interstitial spaces not yet or no longer purposefully planned for work, dwelling or recreation, or it clings to man-made edifices and takes root in the dissolving mortar in the crevices of brick walls. In considering the rich and commonly overlooked afterlife of these in-between spaces, attention is drawn to the abundance of biological, geological and chemical agents which perpetuate and rework traces of past events in a manner comparable to more conventional memory media. It will be argued that plants which take root in anthropogenic soils are living indexes of past events and organic media embodying what becomes of what was
Ting og konfliktløsning i vikingtidas Norge
Full text linkThe assembly was a place where legal cases were solved, but also where various issues with relevance for the whole community were discussed. In this paper I have explored the assembly as an arena for conflict resolution in Viking Age Norway, and a search through the family sagas and Heimskringla has brought to light some relevant examples, most of which have survived from the late Viking Age. One area of conflict stands out. The confrontations between the conversion kings and the adherents of the pagan faith often took place at assemblies. Otherwise, conflicts following in the wake of disagreements over inheritance, manslaughter, theft, and seduction or rape of women were also debated at the assemblies. I have explored who was involved and how the conflicts were solved, and I have concluded that the sources suggest that the conflicts taking place at assemblies reflect a late Viking Age reality
Mo og Frøland
Full text linkThe etymology of the Old Norse noun mór m. ‘sandy plain etc.’ has not as yet been satisfactorily clarified. This is primarily due to its formally ambiguous structure, so that the correct Proto Scandinavian form has so far remained unknown to us. This noun is, however, well attested in farm names in both Norway and Sweden in forms like Mo or Moen, and two old Norwegian farm names Mo, which to-day are reflected in the modern town names Mo i Rana and Mosjøen, were borrowed from Proto-Scandi navian into South-Saami some time between 500 and 650. Consequently, Mo i Rana bears the South-Saami name Måehvie, which in all probability represents a (late) PrScand. acc. pl. *mōhwã or *mohwã. The preferable form *mōhwã is also ambiguous, but taken to re-flect a somewhat older form *mūhwã (with *ū > *ō before *h), it may be interpreted as etymologically related to e.g. ON múgi m. ‘heap of hey, crowd of people’ and Old English mūha, mūga and mūwa m. ‘heap of corn, mow’. Consequently, the Proto-Germanic forms seem to have been 1) *mū́hwa(n)- (with stressed root syllable) in ON mór and OE mūha; and 2) *mūgwá(n)- (with stressed suffix) in ON múgi and OE mūga, mūwa. The original meaning was ‘(large) heap of different masses, e.g. sand, hey, corn, dung etc.’ → ‘sandy plain’ in ON mór. The reconstructed proto-forms can, however, not be analyzed any further. The Norwegian farm name Frøland/Frøyland occurs in many parts of the country. It is obviously a compound, which in Old Norse is frequently attested in dat. pl. Freylǫndum. The second ele-ment is ON land n. ‘land, landed property, territory’, probably ori-ginally in the plural, i.e. lǫnd n. pl. or landar, landir f. pl. The first Namn og nemne 2019 5.qxp_Layout 1 12.12.2019 12:29 Side 31 element ON Frøy was interpreted by Oluf Rygh as being the god name ON Freyr m. or possibly the goddess name ON Freyja f. Adolf Noreen, unwilling to accept this interpretation, assumed that Frøy-instead belonged to an unattested Old Norse adjective *freyr ‘fertile’, the only attestation of which was claimed to be the rare Norwegian dialect form frøy ‘fertile’. This view was also shared by e.g. Magnus Olsen. It is shown, however, in this article that these names can only be seen as having the god name Freyr or perhaps the goddess name Freyja as their first element. The as-sumed adjective ON *freyr ‘fertile’ is shown to be an unacceptable form, and the dialect form frøy is most probably a relatively young variant of ON frjór ‘fertile’
Konflikt og konfliktløsning i den gammelnorske staten
Full text linkThe article aims at elucidating the ambiguous role of the monarchic state in resolving and provoking conflicts in Norway and the royal Norwegian dependencies at the end of the high middle ages. The author has singled out five cases: one conflict among farmers, two disputes between individuals and a royal officer, and two cases of resistance against royal taxation, impositions and misrule. The examples illustrate how the monarchic state at the turn of the thirteenth century prescribed the grounds for how conflicts were to be resolved at all levels of society, and in all cases, public and private. However, in most matters conflict resolution was dependent upon communal co-operation. And, in conflicts between communities – local, regional or provincial – and authorities, both parties were obliged to act due to the law, at least in principle. Conflict resolution became judicial, so to speak, in all matters that needed publicity
Klaus Böldl, Katharina Preissler [utg.]: Die nordische Ballade als religiöser Resonanzraum. Interdisziplinäre und intermediale Perspektiven
Full text linkDenne artikkelsamlinga går inn som band 32 i serien Münchner Nordistische Studien og spring ut av eit arbeidsseminar med tittelen (på norsk): «Om Gud og verda. Den nordiske balladen mellom mellomalder og modernitet». Det er ei interessant og spennande problemstilling. I innleiinga drøfter redaktørane nokre allmenne trekk ved nordisk balladedikting og peikar bl.a. på at det tilsynelatande finst få nedslag av kristendom i balladediktinga. Men denne oppfatninga er overflatisk, seier dei. Ikkje berre i legendeballadane, men også i riddarviser og naturmytiske viser er religiøse tanke- og reaksjonsmønster til stades. Dei fleste balladar med religiøst innhald har likevel blitt liggjande i tussmørker, balladeforskarane har ikkje brydd seg særleg om dei. Men to legendeballadar skil seg ut: «Draumkvedet» (TSB B 31) og «Sankt Stefan og Herodes» (TSB B 8)