Ludvig Wimmer
Ludvig Wimmer | |
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| Born | 7 February 1839 |
| Died | 29 April 1920 (aged 81) |
| Resting place | Bispebjerg Cemetery |
| Occupation | Linguist, philologist |
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| Position held | rector (1894–1895) |
Ludvig Frands Adalbert Wimmer (7 February 1839, Ringkøbing – 29 April 1920, Copenhagen) was a Danish linguist and runologist.[1] He was the first modern runic scholar, publishing his work Runeskriftens oprindelse og udvikling i Norden in 1874. He proved that all runic alphabets went back to one basic futhark of 24 signs, which was known and used by all the Germanic tribes.
In the introduction to the second edition of his work Oldnordisk læsebog (1877), Wimmer discussed the issue of the normalisation of Old Icelandic and suggested a standard based on the language in the Old Icelandic Homily Book (c. 1200).[2] This standard has been very influential and is the most used standard of normalisation today.[2]
References
- ^ Bjerrum, Marie. "Ludvig F. A. Wimmer". In Bech, Svend Cedergreen (ed.). Dansk Biografisk Leksikon (in Danish) (3rd ed.).
- ^ a b Bernharðsson, Haraldur; Haugen, Odd Einar; Berg, Ivar (12 December 2019). "Menota Handbook 3.0, Ch. 10. Normalisation". Medieval Nordic Text Archive. Retrieved 18 November 2025.