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Irén Hegedűs and Alexandra Fodor (eds.). English Historical Linguistics 2010: Selected Papers from the Sixteenth International Conference on English Historical Linguistics (ICEHL 16), Pécs, 23–27 August 2010. Current Issues in Linguistic Theory 325. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: Benjamins, 2012, viii +...
Anglia, Nov 1, 2015
The recent Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland has an entry relating to a su... more The recent Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland has an entry relating to a surname Lox(h)am (Hanks/Coates/McClure 2016: [III]]1633, s.v. Loxham). The editors of this work point out that the main location of this surname in the census of 1881 was in Lancashire and they take it to be a locative surname deriving from a lost place-name called Luum 'probably in Lancs (perhaps near Leyland or Penwortham)". Thirteenth-century forms are as follows:
Anglia, Mar 14, 2019
This handbook, consisting of 47 chapters organized in seven parts, which are preceded by a list o... more This handbook, consisting of 47 chapters organized in seven parts, which are preceded by a list of contributors (xvii-xxiii) and a useful introduction by the editor (1-13), is a collective work with contributions by some 43 authors. It is opened by a theoretical section, "Onomastic Theory", consisting of three papers, namely, those of Willy Van Langendonck and Mark Van De Velde on names and grammar (17-38), Staffan Nyström on names and meaning (39-51), and Elwys De Stefani on names and discourse (52-66). Nyström is rightly critical of the thesis that names are 'meaninglessʼ. According to this view, when lexical items become names, their semantic content, even if it is readily transparent, is lost and the resulting name is merely referential. For Nyström, meaning cannot be ignored in name formation, though there are degrees of meaningfulness. He examines the concepts of denotation and connotation. The latter is especially important. For example, V VERDUN ERDUN has not only the referential function of denoting the place in eastern France, but also has the connotation of the battle which took place there in 1916. Nyström distinguishes the proprial meaning (i. e. the mental onomasticon) from the lexical meaning, but shows that the two interact. As he indicates, however, there is a difference between names like B BLACKBURN LACKBURN (Lancashire) 'dark bourne, stream' < OE blaec + OE burna, which are formally and semantically transparent, and those like C CHOLMONDELEY HOLMONDELEY /tʃʌmlɪ/ in Cheshire, 'Ceolmund's forest clearing', which are not, though in the former case we should not ignore the effects of dissociation. The second part, on "Toponomastics", consists of eight articles and is opened by Simon Taylor on the methodologies of place-name research (69-86). Taylor's observations reflect his experience in the recently established Survey of Scottish Place-Names and are based on material from the Scottish counties of Fife, Kinross-shire and Clackmannanshire. Most appositely, Taylor illustrates his discussion with sample names. Particularly important is his account of the complex nature of written and oral sources which has a general methodological relevance extending far beyond the immediate Scottish context.
The Old English and Scandinavian Personal Names of the Durham Liber Vitae to 1200
Continental Germanic Personal Names in Tenth-Century England
Brepols Publishers eBooks, 2010
Hans Frede Nielsen, The Continental Backgrounds of English and its Insular Development until 1154. A Journey through the History of the English Language in England and America. Vol. I
Anglia, 2007
Harry Parkin (ed.). 2021. The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain. Oxford: Oxford University Press, xxx + 1010 pp., ₤ 80.00 / $ 125.00
Anglia
Tarleton and related problems (Summary)
Personennamen und Ortsnamen, 1999
The Onomasticon
The Thorney <I>Liber Vitae</I> (London, British Library, Additional MS 40,000, fols 1-12r), 2015
The Peterborough Chronicle
Personal Name and Place name Chronology
Personennamen und Ortsnamen, 1999
The Personal Names of the Liber Vitae of Thorney Abbey: An Introduction to the Onomasticon
Kindlers Literatur Lexikon (KLL), 2020
Sprache mittelenglisch Freie Übersetzung des Titels Sir Orfeo Hauptgattung Weiteres Untergattung ... more Sprache mittelenglisch Freie Übersetzung des Titels Sir Orfeo Hauptgattung Weiteres Untergattung Weiteres Die mittelenglische Vers-Romanze, eine Umwandlung des Stoffs der klassischen Geschichte von Orpheus und Eurydike, ist in drei Handschriften erhalten. Die früheste ist die berühmte Auchinleck-Handschrift, die 1330 bis 1340 in London geschrieben wurde. Das verlorene Original wurde wahrscheinlich Ende des 13. Jh.s im südlichen Teil des englischen Mittellands verfasst. Die Grundlage des Textes ist ein ebenfalls verlorener bretonischer ‚Lai' (Verserzählung) auf Altfranzösisch. Sir Orfeo ist eine modifizierte Version der Orpheus-Geschichte, die im mittelalterlichen England spielt. Der berühmte Lautenspieler der klassischen Geschichte ist immer noch vorhanden, aber zugleich ist er König. Der Dichter er
Der verschwundene Lancashire-Ort Lox(h)am lag vermutlich in der Gemeinde (parish) Penwortham. Der... more Der verschwundene Lancashire-Ort Lox(h)am lag vermutlich in der Gemeinde (parish) Penwortham. Der Ortsname Lox(h)am, der als Familienname überlebt hat, ist ein Kompositum, das aus einem Fluss- oder Bachnamen Lox < britisch *Losko- ‘der Verbogene’ und der Dativpluralform hūsum ‘bei den Häusern’, die formal sowohl altenglisch wie altskandinavisch sein kann, gebildet wird. Die Bedeutung wäre dann ‘bei den Häusern, die in Verbindung mit dem Flüsschen Lox stehen’. In diesem Beitrag wird vielmehr eine skandinavische Etymologie für hūsum bevorzugt. Die Anwesenheit von Skandinaviern in diesem Teil von Lancashire in der Wikingerzeit wird durch das Vorhandensein von skandinavischen Personennamen in mittelalterlichen Privaturkunden bestätigt
Kristensson, Gillis: A Survey of Middle English Dialects 1290-1350. The West Midland Counties
North, Richard: Pagan Words and Christian Meanings
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Kindlers Literatur Lexikon (KLL), 2020
The Seafarer
Kindlers Literatur Lexikon (KLL), 2020
Irén Hegedűs and Alexandra Fodor (eds.). English Historical Linguistics 2010: Selected Papers from the Sixteenth International Conference on English Historical Linguistics (ICEHL 16), Pécs, 23–27 August 2010. Current Issues in Linguistic Theory 325. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: Benjamins, 2012, viii +...
Anglia, Nov 1, 2015
The recent Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland has an entry relating to a su... more The recent Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland has an entry relating to a surname Lox(h)am (Hanks/Coates/McClure 2016: [III]]1633, s.v. Loxham). The editors of this work point out that the main location of this surname in the census of 1881 was in Lancashire and they take it to be a locative surname deriving from a lost place-name called Luum 'probably in Lancs (perhaps near Leyland or Penwortham)". Thirteenth-century forms are as follows:
Anglia, Mar 14, 2019
This handbook, consisting of 47 chapters organized in seven parts, which are preceded by a list o... more This handbook, consisting of 47 chapters organized in seven parts, which are preceded by a list of contributors (xvii-xxiii) and a useful introduction by the editor (1-13), is a collective work with contributions by some 43 authors. It is opened by a theoretical section, "Onomastic Theory", consisting of three papers, namely, those of Willy Van Langendonck and Mark Van De Velde on names and grammar (17-38), Staffan Nyström on names and meaning (39-51), and Elwys De Stefani on names and discourse (52-66). Nyström is rightly critical of the thesis that names are 'meaninglessʼ. According to this view, when lexical items become names, their semantic content, even if it is readily transparent, is lost and the resulting name is merely referential. For Nyström, meaning cannot be ignored in name formation, though there are degrees of meaningfulness. He examines the concepts of denotation and connotation. The latter is especially important. For example, V VERDUN ERDUN has not only the referential function of denoting the place in eastern France, but also has the connotation of the battle which took place there in 1916. Nyström distinguishes the proprial meaning (i. e. the mental onomasticon) from the lexical meaning, but shows that the two interact. As he indicates, however, there is a difference between names like B BLACKBURN LACKBURN (Lancashire) 'dark bourne, stream' < OE blaec + OE burna, which are formally and semantically transparent, and those like C CHOLMONDELEY HOLMONDELEY /tʃʌmlɪ/ in Cheshire, 'Ceolmund's forest clearing', which are not, though in the former case we should not ignore the effects of dissociation. The second part, on "Toponomastics", consists of eight articles and is opened by Simon Taylor on the methodologies of place-name research (69-86). Taylor's observations reflect his experience in the recently established Survey of Scottish Place-Names and are based on material from the Scottish counties of Fife, Kinross-shire and Clackmannanshire. Most appositely, Taylor illustrates his discussion with sample names. Particularly important is his account of the complex nature of written and oral sources which has a general methodological relevance extending far beyond the immediate Scottish context.
The Old English and Scandinavian Personal Names of the Durham Liber Vitae to 1200
Continental Germanic Personal Names in Tenth-Century England
Brepols Publishers eBooks, 2010
Hans Frede Nielsen, The Continental Backgrounds of English and its Insular Development until 1154. A Journey through the History of the English Language in England and America. Vol. I
Anglia, 2007
Harry Parkin (ed.). 2021. The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain. Oxford: Oxford University Press, xxx + 1010 pp., ₤ 80.00 / $ 125.00
Anglia
Tarleton and related problems (Summary)
Personennamen und Ortsnamen, 1999
The Onomasticon
The Thorney <I>Liber Vitae</I> (London, British Library, Additional MS 40,000, fols 1-12r), 2015
The Peterborough Chronicle
Personal Name and Place name Chronology
Personennamen und Ortsnamen, 1999
The Personal Names of the Liber Vitae of Thorney Abbey: An Introduction to the Onomasticon
Kindlers Literatur Lexikon (KLL), 2020
Sprache mittelenglisch Freie Übersetzung des Titels Sir Orfeo Hauptgattung Weiteres Untergattung ... more Sprache mittelenglisch Freie Übersetzung des Titels Sir Orfeo Hauptgattung Weiteres Untergattung Weiteres Die mittelenglische Vers-Romanze, eine Umwandlung des Stoffs der klassischen Geschichte von Orpheus und Eurydike, ist in drei Handschriften erhalten. Die früheste ist die berühmte Auchinleck-Handschrift, die 1330 bis 1340 in London geschrieben wurde. Das verlorene Original wurde wahrscheinlich Ende des 13. Jh.s im südlichen Teil des englischen Mittellands verfasst. Die Grundlage des Textes ist ein ebenfalls verlorener bretonischer ‚Lai' (Verserzählung) auf Altfranzösisch. Sir Orfeo ist eine modifizierte Version der Orpheus-Geschichte, die im mittelalterlichen England spielt. Der berühmte Lautenspieler der klassischen Geschichte ist immer noch vorhanden, aber zugleich ist er König. Der Dichter er
Der verschwundene Lancashire-Ort Lox(h)am lag vermutlich in der Gemeinde (parish) Penwortham. Der... more Der verschwundene Lancashire-Ort Lox(h)am lag vermutlich in der Gemeinde (parish) Penwortham. Der Ortsname Lox(h)am, der als Familienname überlebt hat, ist ein Kompositum, das aus einem Fluss- oder Bachnamen Lox < britisch *Losko- ‘der Verbogene’ und der Dativpluralform hūsum ‘bei den Häusern’, die formal sowohl altenglisch wie altskandinavisch sein kann, gebildet wird. Die Bedeutung wäre dann ‘bei den Häusern, die in Verbindung mit dem Flüsschen Lox stehen’. In diesem Beitrag wird vielmehr eine skandinavische Etymologie für hūsum bevorzugt. Die Anwesenheit von Skandinaviern in diesem Teil von Lancashire in der Wikingerzeit wird durch das Vorhandensein von skandinavischen Personennamen in mittelalterlichen Privaturkunden bestätigt
Kristensson, Gillis: A Survey of Middle English Dialects 1290-1350. The West Midland Counties
North, Richard: Pagan Words and Christian Meanings
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Kindlers Literatur Lexikon (KLL), 2020
The Seafarer
Kindlers Literatur Lexikon (KLL), 2020