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Summary
Scandinavian byname dictionaries and byname collections
– yesterday and tomorrow
By Lennart Ryman
This paper aims to give an overview of existing Scandinavian byname dictionaries and
collections, and to start a discussion about how these could be used in the future, and
how new collections could be built up. Some byname literature is also dealt with. It is
underscored that scholarly interest has chiefly focused on prehistoric and medieval
times. There are also collections of modern bynames, mainly accumulated through surveys.
The bulk of existing collections and dictionaries were conceived a considerable time
ago; the main ones for medieval times are a dictionary written by E. H. Lind (Lind Bin.),
for western Scandinavia; the second part of the dictionary Danmarks gamle personnavne
(DGP), for Denmark; and the collections for the dictionary Sveriges medeltida
personnamn (SMPs), covering Sweden (including Finland). Notable exceptions are the
more recent runic name dictionaries written by Lena Peterson (LUP, NRL).
As for new collections, it is argued that they should be integrated with collections of
first names and that they should be built up as relational databases, linked to sources,
concordances etc. On the basis of such collections, it would be desirable to print dictionaries
in a more traditional form. In practice, the most realistic course is probably to start
by digitising existing collections and dictionaries.