Germanic philology

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Germanic philology is the philological study of the Germanic languages, particularly from a comparative or historical perspective.^[1]

The beginnings of research into the Germanic languages began in the 16th century, with the discovery of literary texts in the earlier phases of the languages. Early modern publications dealing with Old Norse culture appeared in the 16th century, e.g. Historia de gentibus septentrionalibus (Olaus Magnus, 1555) and the editio princeps of the 13th century Gesta Danorum by Saxo Grammaticus, in 1514.

In 1603, Melchior Goldast made the first edition of Middle High German poetry, Tyrol and Winsbeck, including a commentary which focused on linguistic problems and set the tone for the approach to such works in the subsequent centuries.^[2]

He later gave similar attention to the

The pace of publications started by the

• Common Germanic
  )
• Dutch studies
• English studies
• German studies
• Germanic languages
• Runology
• Scandinavian studies

References

See also

• The Journal of Comparative Germanic Linguistics