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Lykilorð
stafsetning, 19. aldar íslenska, málstöðlun, tilbrigði
Keywords
orthography, 19th century Icelandic, standardization, variation
Abstract
Icelandic orthography was in fl ux at the beginning of the 19th century but scholars
like Rasmus Kr. Rask and later Konráð Gíslason and Halldór Kr. Friðriksson put
forth orthographical rules, either based on etymological principles or on the modern
pronunciation of Icelandic. Aft er fi erce debates the former school won in the second
part of the 19th century.
This article describes the orthography of a 19th-century Icelandic scholar, Jón
Þorkelsson (1822–1904). He was the rector of the only college in Iceland, Lærði skólinn
(Reykjavik Grammar School) and a respected Nordic scholar and lexicologist. In this
paper I investigate Jón Þorkelsson’s spelling in his various writings in the later part of
the 19th century, esp. æ/œ, -r/-ur and the simplifi cation in spelling of long consonants
before other consonants, and make a case that his spelling was neither based on ety-
mological nor pronunciation principles, but rather on the spelling of the best Old
Icelandic manuscripts. This shows how important Icelandic medieval manuscripts
were in the standardization of Modern Icelandic spelling in the 19th century.
Jóhannes B. Sigtryggsson
Stofnun Árna Magnússonar í íslenskum fræðum
Laugavegi 13
101 Reykjavík
johans@hi.is
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