IMC 2026: Sessions
Session 848: Weighing Words: Old Norse Lexical Semantics and Literary Significance
Tuesday 7 July 2026, 16:30-18:00
| Sponsor: | Viking Society for Northern Research |
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| Organisers: | Alicia Maddalena, Department of English & Related Literature, University of York Harriet Soper, Department of English, University of Bristol |
| Moderator/Chair: | Alexander Wilson, School of Heritage and Culture, University of Leicester |
| Paper 848-a | The Polysemy of Grief: The Case of Tregi in Old Norse Prose (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Other, Mentalities |
| Paper 848-b | Words for Women in the Latin Sources of Kátrínar saga (Language: English) Index terms: Hagiography, Language and Literature - Latin, Language and Literature - Other |
| Paper 848-c | The Presence of Puns in Old Norse Prose (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Other, Rhetoric |
| Abstract | This session applies both lexical-semantic and literary-critical methodologies to Old Norse literature. The history of lexical and linguistic scholarship in Old Norse is well established and varied, and indeed excellent work has been done in this area. This session consists of papers that build on that long tradition by taking linguistic and lexical routes into Old Norse poetry and prose, paying particular attention to the literary and cultural payoffs that research can offer. The work engages with difficult, technical questions around grammar, syntax, linguistics, and semantics, all of which ultimately contributes to the appreciation of the prose and poetry as literature and cultural products. |