Jonathan Davis-Secord - Joinings: Compound Words in Old English Literature

Jonathan Davis-Secord

University of Toronto Press

Toronto Buffalo London

To SCDS, both of you

University of Toronto Press 2016

Toronto Buffalo London

www.utppublishing.com

Printed in Canada

ISBN 978-1-4426-3739-9

Printed on acid-free, 100% post-consumer recycled paper with vegetable-based inks.

Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication

Davis-Secord, Jonathan, author

Joinings : compound words in Old English literature / Jonathan Davis-Secord.

(Toronto Anglo-Saxon series)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-1-4426-3739-9 (bound)

1. English language Old English, ca. 4501100 Compound words. 2. English literature Old English, ca. 4501100 History and criticism. 3. English language Old English, ca. 4501100 Style. 4. English language Old English, ca. 4501100 Grammar. 5. Language and culture England To 1500. I. Title. II. Series: Toronto Anglo-Saxon series

PR173.D385 2016 829.09 C2015-908296-X

This book was published with the generous assistance of the Book Subvention Award from the Medieval Academy of America.

University of Toronto Press acknowledges the financial assistance to its publishing program of the Canada Council for the Arts and the Ontario Arts Council, an agency of the Government of Ontario.

I have benefitted tremendously from the training, advice, and support of many people and institutions in writing this book. This network in fact took form before I even imagined this book, beginning with the excellent instruction and inspiration provided by my professors at Brandeis University, especially Joan Maling, who first taught me linguistics and Old English, and Mary Baine Campbell, who first taught me how to write and how to be a medievalist. I subsequently benefitted from the friendship and encouragement of the amazing community of faculty, graduate students, and their spouses at the University of Notre Dame, especially Scott Smith and Rene Trilling, both of whom generously read and commented on parts of this book, and Calvin Bower and Brian Krostenko, both of whom gave generously of their time to train me in elements fundamental to but often hidden in this book. I continue to benefit greatly from my current colleagues at the University of New Mexico, especially Helen Damico, Timothy Graham, and Anita Obermeier. At the University of Toronto Press, I frequently tested the patience of and relied on the expertise of Suzanne Rancourt and Barb Porter. Institutionally, I have received important support from Notre Dames Medieval Institute, the Dolores Zohrab Liebmann Fund, the English Department at the University of New Mexico, the British Library, Oxfords Bodleian Library, and the Medieval Academy of America. Without this network, this book would not be half of what it is now, although all mistakes remain my own.

Several people deserve special thanks for their enduring and uplifting support. My family on all sides has provided inspiration and motivation throughout and in the most difficult moments, especially my parents-in-law, Terry and Catherine Davis, and my parents, William and Linda Secord, whose unflagging encouragement allowed me to begin this journey in the first place. My dissertation co-directors, Michael Lapidge and Katherine OBrien OKeeffe, were instrumental not only in teaching and advising me but also in further kindling my love for Anglo-Saxon studies. They guided me expertly, and I am particularly grateful for their support over the past several years as I transitioned onto the tenure track. Without these people, this book would not exist.

Finally, I am more grateful than I can express for the love and support of my wife, Sarah, and my daughter, Sage. You enrich my life beyond measure and make me a better person. Without you, this book would mean nothing.