Open this publication in new window or tab >>2025 (Swedish)In: Futhark: International Journal of Runic Studies, ISSN 1892-0950, E-ISSN 2003-296X, Vol. 14-15, p. 213-215Article in journal (Other academic) Published
Abstract [en]
The name Bōi is attested eight times in Runic Swedish inscriptions. Twice, however, it is found as a prepositional object, in Ög 183 Kärrsjö ḅui and Sö Fv1986;218 Harby bui. This could represent an irregular case of a nominative instead of the expected accusative in a prepositional object, or else a simple miscarving, but in consideration of forms like Balliʀ ~ Balli, Snærriʀ ~ Snærri, Svæiniʀ ~ Svæni and Þōriʀ ~ Þōri, we could be dealing with a known variation between name forms formed according to both ia-stems and an-stems.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Uppsala universitet, 2025
Keywords
Runic inscriptions, Viking Age, personal name variation, Ög 183 Kärrsjö, Sö Fv1986;218 Harby
National Category
Studies of Specific Languages
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-574083 (URN)10.33063/futhark.14.1075 (DOI)
2025-12-282025-12-282026-03-26Bibliographically approved