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Women's Names in Old English (Paperback)
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Women's Names in Old English (Paperback)
Series: Studies in Early Medieval Britain and Ireland
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This monograph provides an in-depth study into the issue of
vernacular names in Old English documents. Specifically, it
challenges the generally accepted notion that the sex of an
individual is definitively indicated by the grammatical gender of
their name. In the case of di-thematic names, the grammatical
gender in question is that of the second element of the name. Thus
di-thematic names have been taken as belonging to women if their
second element is grammatically feminine. However, as there are no
surviving Anglo-Saxon texts which explain the principles of
vernacular nomenclature, or any contemporary list of Old English
personal names, it is by no means sure that this assumption is
correct. While modern scholars have generally felt no difficulty in
distinguishing male from female names, this book asks how far the
Anglo-Saxons themselves recognised this distinction, and in so
doing critically examines and tests the general principle that
grammatical gender is a certain indicator of biological sex. Anyone
with an interest in Old English manuscripts or early medieval
history will find this book both thought provoking and a useful
reference tool for better understanding the Anglo-Saxon world.
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