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Peterson, Lena
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Peterson, L. (2016). Eva Brylla (1/3 1944–27/3 2015).
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Eva Brylla (1/3 1944–27/3 2015)
2016 (Swedish)Other (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.))
Publisher
p. 6
Series
Studia anthroponymica Scandinavica, ISSN 0280-8633 ; 33
National Category
Humanities
Research subject
Scandinavian Languages
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-300811 (URN)
Available from: 2016-08-14 Created: 2016-08-14 Last updated: 2016-08-14
Peterson, L. (2014). Skråmstastenens þorgun – mansnamn eller kvinnonamn?. Studia Anthroponymica Scandinavica, 32, 67-73
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Skråmstastenens þorgun – mansnamn eller kvinnonamn?
2014 (Swedish)In: Studia Anthroponymica Scandinavica, ISSN 0280-8633, Vol. 32, p. 67-73Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Keywords
Swedish Viking Age runic inscriptions, personal names, Germanic, feminine female name element Gmc *-gunþi, masculine name element Gmc *-gunþaz, omission of preposition
National Category
Humanities
Research subject
Scandinavian Languages
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-274042 (URN)
Available from: 2016-01-19 Created: 2016-01-19 Last updated: 2020-03-17
Peterson, L. (2012). "En brisi vas lina sunn, en lini vas unaR sunn ... En þa barlaf ...": Etymologiska studier över fyra personnamn på Malsta- och Sunnåstenarna i Hälsingland (1ed.). Stockholom: Sällskapet Runica et Mediævalia
Open this publication in new window or tab >>"En brisi vas lina sunn, en lini vas unaR sunn ... En þa barlaf ...": Etymologiska studier över fyra personnamn på Malsta- och Sunnåstenarna i Hälsingland
2012 (Swedish)Book (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

This book tries to find the etymology behind four - hitherto unexplained or unsufficiently explained - personal names (altogether 12) occurring on the Viking Age runestones from Malsta and Sunnå in Hälsingland.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Stockholom: Sällskapet Runica et Mediævalia, 2012. p. 88 Edition: 1
Series
Runica et Mediævalia. Opuscula, ISSN 1103-7970 ; 15
Keywords
personal names, etymology, runic inscriptions, Malsta and Sunnå runestones
National Category
Humanities
Research subject
Scandinavian Languages
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-177965 (URN)978-91-88568-53-3 (ISBN)
Available from: 2012-07-20 Created: 2012-07-20 Last updated: 2012-08-06Bibliographically approved
Peterson, L. (2012). Ødhbøn på villovägar: Om ett sällsynt ord i fornsvenskan och dess öden i den svenska nordistiken (med en utblick mot forndanskan och fornvästnordiskan). In: Katharina Leibring, Leif Nilsson, Annette C. Torensjö & Mats Wahlberg (Ed.), Namn på stort och smått: Vänskrift till Staffan Nyström den 11 december 2012 (pp. 223-234). Uppsala: Institutet för språk och folkminnen
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Ødhbøn på villovägar: Om ett sällsynt ord i fornsvenskan och dess öden i den svenska nordistiken (med en utblick mot forndanskan och fornvästnordiskan)
2012 (Swedish)In: Namn på stort och smått: Vänskrift till Staffan Nyström den 11 december 2012 / [ed] Katharina Leibring, Leif Nilsson, Annette C. Torensjö & Mats Wahlberg, Uppsala: Institutet för språk och folkminnen , 2012, p. 223-234Chapter in book (Other academic)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Uppsala: Institutet för språk och folkminnen, 2012
Series
Skrifter utg. av Institutet för språk och folkminnen, Namnarkivet i Uppsala, ISSN 0347-2027 ; B:12
National Category
Humanities
Research subject
Scandinavian Languages
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-188556 (URN)978-91-86959-06-7 (ISBN)
Available from: 2012-12-17 Created: 2012-12-17 Last updated: 2013-04-12Bibliographically approved
Peterson, L. (2011). Mansnamnet (ack.) nuka i U 768 och U 1165 : ett ortografiskt dilemma. In: Guus Kroonen et al. (Ed.), Thi timit lof: Festschrift für Arend Quak zum 65. Geburtstag (pp. 45-56). Amsterdam/New York: Rodopi
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Mansnamnet (ack.) nuka i U 768 och U 1165 : ett ortografiskt dilemma
2011 (Swedish)In: Thi timit lof: Festschrift für Arend Quak zum 65. Geburtstag / [ed] Guus Kroonen et al., Amsterdam/New York: Rodopi , 2011, p. 45-56Chapter in book (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

This article discusses the interpretation of a male name, acc. nuka, occurring in two Viking Age runic inscriptions from Uppland, Sweden. There are two possible explanations to the name, either an original *Hnukki or an original *Nôkkvi ...

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Amsterdam/New York: Rodopi, 2011
Series
Amsterdamer Beiträge zur älteren Germanistik, ISSN 0165-7305 ; 67
Keywords
runic inscriptions, Nordic languages, personal names
National Category
Specific Languages
Research subject
Scandinavian Languages
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-159696 (URN)978-90-420-3380-1 (ISBN)
Available from: 2011-10-06 Created: 2011-10-06 Last updated: 2018-01-12Bibliographically approved
Peterson, L. (2010). Reconstructing lost words from old personal names - and the meaning of the place-name element -lev. In: Hrsg. von Lennart Elmevik & Svante Strandberg (Ed.), Probleme der Rekonstruktion untergegangener Wörter aus alten Eigennamen: Akten eines internationalen Symposiums in Uppsala 7.-9. April 2010 (pp. ##-##).
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Reconstructing lost words from old personal names - and the meaning of the place-name element -lev
2010 (English)In: Probleme der Rekonstruktion untergegangener Wörter aus alten Eigennamen: Akten eines internationalen Symposiums in Uppsala 7.-9. April 2010 / [ed] Hrsg. von Lennart Elmevik & Svante Strandberg, 2010, p. ##-##Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Series
Acta Academiae Regiae Gustavi Adolphi, ISSN 0065-0897 ; ###
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-135444 (URN)
Available from: 2010-12-06 Created: 2010-12-06 Last updated: 2013-04-15Bibliographically approved
Peterson, L. (2008). Mansnamnet fsv. Hyggiolf. Studia Anthroponymica Scandinavica, 26, 47-51
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Mansnamnet fsv. Hyggiolf
2008 (Swedish)In: Studia Anthroponymica Scandinavica, ISSN 0280-8633, Vol. 26, p. 47-51Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Uppsala: , 2008
Keywords
personal names, etymology, Germanic, Old Scandinavian, umlaut, consonant gemination
Research subject
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-86595 (URN)
Available from: 2008-11-18 Created: 2008-11-17 Last updated: 2017-12-14Bibliographically approved
Peterson, L. (2008). Om det fiktiva mansnamnet fda., fsv. *Særir ~ *Særith/*Særidh. In: Namn från land och stad: Hyllningsskrift till Mats Wahlberg 25 maj 2008 (pp. 145-151).
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Om det fiktiva mansnamnet fda., fsv. *Særir ~ *Særith/*Særidh
2008 (Swedish)In: Namn från land och stad: Hyllningsskrift till Mats Wahlberg 25 maj 2008, 2008, p. 145-151Chapter in book (Other scientific)
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-17618 (URN)978-91-506-2012-2 (ISBN)
Available from: 2008-07-28 Created: 2008-07-28
Peterson, L. (2007). Nordiskt runnamnslexikon: 5, rev. utg.. Institutet för språk och folkminnen, Uppsala
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Nordiskt runnamnslexikon: 5, rev. utg.
2007 (Swedish)Book (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (´Dictionary of proper names in Scandinavian Viking Age runic insccriptions´) is the result of a research project carried out during the years 1999-2001 at the Institute for Language and Folklore in Uppsala. This fifth edition is an amended version of former editions published on the Internet.

The dictionary contains alphabetical lists of personal names, mythical names, and place-names occurring in Viking Age Scandinavian runic inscriptions, found in both Scandinavia and outside Scandinavia. An etymological explanation for each personal name is provided. In addition, etymological articles of personal name elements are given, together with lists of recorded compounds. The dictionary contains moreover a series of frequency tables of personal names based on different aspects, and also a reverse alphabetical list of personal names.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Institutet för språk och folkminnen, Uppsala, 2007. p. 345
Keywords
etymology, Old Scandinavian, onomastics, personal names, place-names, runic inscriptions, Viking Age
National Category
Specific Languages
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-12065 (URN)978-91-7229-040-2 (ISBN)
Available from: 2007-11-20 Created: 2007-11-20 Last updated: 2021-06-16
Peterson, L. (2007). Om de urnordiska Agilamundo, Kunimunduz och fornnordiska mansnamn på -mundi. Studia anthroponymica Scandinavica, 25, 5-19
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Om de urnordiska Agilamundo, Kunimunduz och fornnordiska mansnamn på -mundi
2007 (Swedish)In: Studia anthroponymica Scandinavica, ISSN 0280-8633, Vol. 25, p. 5-19Article in journal (Refereed) Published
National Category
Specific Languages
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-15591 (URN)
Available from: 2008-02-22 Created: 2008-02-22 Last updated: 2018-01-12Bibliographically approved
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