Íslenzk tunga - 01.01.1964, Side 32

ANTHONY FAULKES
The Sources of Specimen Lexici Runici*
CONTENTS
Part I: face
The History of the Gi-ossary ......................................... 32
The Origin of the Glossary............................................ 32
The Author............................................................ 32
The Preliminary Editing by Jón Magnússon.............................. 34
The Transcript in DG 55............................................... 34
The Additions to the Original Glossary................................ 36
Worm’s Part in the Editing of the Glossary............................ 37
Stephanius’ Part in the Editing of the Glossary....................... 37
Guðmundur Andrésson’s Revision of the Glossary..................... 38
The Correspondences between Lexicon Islandicum and SLR ............ 39
Additions to the Glossary from Brynjólfur Sveinsson’s Conjectanea .... 43
Additions to the Glossary from the Letter of Jón Magnússon............ 48
The Importance of the Glossary .................................... 52
The Reliability of SLR ............................................ 52
Summary of the Sources of the Glossary ............................ 53
* I am very grateful for the help and advice I have had in the preparation of
this study from many people in Iceland, especially Professor Halldór Halldórs-
son, who first suggested that I should undertake it, and subsequently gave in-
valuable guidance at every stage; and to Dr. Jakob Benediktsson, for much in-
formation on matters of Icelandic 17th century literary history, and for permis-
sion to usc the word-collections of the new Icelandic dictionary which is in pre-
paration; to Professor Magnús Már Lárusson, for help with the legal quotations
in SLR; to Dr. Björn Sigfússon, the University Librarian, and Dr. Finnur Sig-
mundsson, Librarian at the National Library, for bibliographical guidance and
helping to procure manuscripts; and to Professor Jón Helgason and Ólafur
Halidórsson at the Arnamagnæan Institute in Copenhagen, for help in paleo-
graphical matters. And not least am I grateful to the Icelandic government for
the scholarship which enabled me to go to Iceland for a year and pursue this
research.