Author: Andersson, Thorsten ; & Sandred, Karl Inge ; editors:
Title: The Vikings : Proceedings of the Symposium of the Faculty of Arts of Uppsala University, June 6-9, 1977
Description: Stockholm, Almqvist & Wiksell, 1978. orig.wrappers. 23x14cm, 176 pp. Series: Symposia Universitatis Upsaliensis annum quingentesimum celebrantis, 8.. ISBN: 9155407064 :. Minor rubbing. VG. ¶ Contains 16 papers, in English [1 in German], concerning Scalds & Ships: Viking Seamanship in the Light of Literature & Archaeology; Scandinavian Influence on Language & Place-Names in the British Isles; & Viking Society in Scandinavia: Evidence of Settlement & Administration. Includes: Wics, Kings & Vikings; The Ships of the Vikings; The Ship - Reality & Image in Old Norse Poetry; Wrecks & Rhymes; Schwedische Ortsnamen und altwestnordische Dichtersprache; The Minor Names & Field-Names of the Holland Division of Lincolnshire; Place-Name Evidence for Scandinavian Settlement in the Danelaw: A Reasessment; A-Mutation of Scandinavian Words in England; Norse & Gaelic in Medieval Man: The Place-Name Evidence; The Evidence of Language and Place-Names in Ireland; Middle-English Word Geography: Its Potential Role in the Study of the Long-Term Impace of the Scandianvian Settlements upon English; Typonymic Evidence for Administrative Divisions in Denmark in the Viking Age; Viking Age Traces in Swedish Systems for Territorial Organization & Land Division; Viking Society in Central Sweden: Traditions, Organizatiion & Economy; Some Problems in the History of the Settlement of Iceland; Trade Problems in the Viking Age: Some Reflections on Insular Metalwork Found in Norwegian Graves of the Viking Age.

Keywords: 9155407064 : Medieval Scandinavia, Vikings Northmen, Viking England, Scandinavian, Literary History, Place-Names, Geographical Names, English Etymology, Language History, Germanic Languages