Robert Nedoma (born 1961) is an Austrian philologist who is Professor at Department for

Scandinavian Studies Scandinavian studies is an interdisciplinary academic field of area studies, mainly in the United States and Germany, that primarily focuses on the Scandinavian languages (also known as North Germanic languages) and cultural studies pertaining to ...

at the

University of Vienna The University of Vienna (german: Universität Wien) is a public research university located in Vienna, Austria. It was founded by Duke Rudolph IV in 1365 and is the oldest university in the German-speaking world. With its long and rich h ...

. He specializes in

Germanic studies Germanic philology is the philological study of the Germanic languages, particularly from a comparative or historical perspective. The beginnings of research into the Germanic languages began in the 16th century, with the discovery of literary tex ...

and

Old Norse studies Scandinavian studies is an interdisciplinary academic field of area studies, mainly in the United States and Germany, that primarily focuses on the Scandinavian languages (also known as North Germanic languages) and cultural studies pertaining to ...

Biography

Robert Nedoma was born in 1961 in

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, Austria. He gained his

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at the

in 1987 with a dissertation on

Wayland the Smith In Germanic mythology, Wayland the Smith ( ang, Wēland; , ; Old Frisian: Wela(n)du; german: Wieland der Schmied; goh, Wiolant; ''Galans'' (''Galant'') in Old French; gem-x-proto, Wēlandaz, italic=no from ', lit. "crafting one") is a master ...

, and subsequently worked as a researcher at the Institute for

Germanic Studies Germanic philology is the philological study of the Germanic languages, particularly from a comparative or historical perspective. The beginnings of research into the Germanic languages began in the 16th century, with the discovery of literary tex ...

at the University of Vienna. He completed his

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in 2004 with a thesis on

Germanic name Germanic given names are traditionally dithematic; that is, they are formed from two elements, by joining a prefix and a suffix. For example, King Æþelred's name was derived from ', for "noble", and ', for "counsel". However, there are also ...

s and

runes Runes are the letters in a set of related alphabets known as runic alphabets native to the Germanic peoples. Runes were used to write various Germanic languages (with some exceptions) before they adopted the Latin alphabet, and for specialised ...

, and was appointed an associate professor at the University of Vienna in 2010. Since 2019, Nedoma has been Professor at the Department for

at the University of Vienna. Nedoma specializes in

Old Norse Old Norse, Old Nordic, or Old Scandinavian, is a stage of development of North Germanic languages, North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages. Old Norse was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and t ...

language and

Old Norse literature Old Norse literature refers to the vernacular literature of the Scandinavian peoples up to c. 1350. It chiefly consists of Icelandic writings. In Britain From the 8th to the 15th centuries, Vikings and Norse settlers and their descendants colon ...

runology Runology is the study of the Runic alphabets, Runic inscriptions and their history. Runology forms a specialized branch of Germanic linguistics. History Runology was initiated by Johannes Bureus (1568–1652), who was very interested in the lin ...

, Germanic names, and

Germanic Antiquity Early Germanic culture refers to the culture of the early Germanic peoples. Largely derived from a synthesis of Proto-Indo-European and indigenous Northern European elements, the Germanic culture started to exist in the Jastorf culture that de ...

. He is the author of a number of articles for the second edition of the ''

Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde ''Germanische Altertumskunde Online'', formerly called ''Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde'', is a German encyclopedia of the study of Germanic history and cultures, as well as the cultures that were in close contact with them. The first ...

'', and an editor of many journals, including ''

Die Sprache ''Die Sprache'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal that was established in 1949. It contains articles on historical and comparative linguistics, especially of Indo-European languages. The main focus is on comparative grammar and etymology, but t ...

'', '' Philologica Germanica'' and ''North-Western European Language Evolution''. Nedoma was elected a member of the

Royal Gustavus Adolphus Academy The Royal Gustavus Adolphus Academy ( sv, Kungliga Gustav Adolfs Akademien) in Uppsala is one of 18 Swedish royal academies and dedicated to the study of Swedish folklore. The name is often expanded to ("...for Swedish Folk Culture"). The Academ ...

in 2018, a member of the

Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters ( no, Det Norske Videnskaps-Akademi, DNVA) is a learned society based in Oslo, Norway. Its purpose is to support the advancement of science and scholarship in Norway. History The Royal Frederick Unive ...

in 2020, and a member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences in 2022.

Selected works

* ''Die bildlichen und schriftlichen Denkmäler der Wielandsage'', 1988 * ''Gautreks saga konungs'', 1990 * ''Die Inschrift auf dem Helm B von Negau: Möglichkeiten und Grenzen der Deutung norditalischer epigraphischer Denkmäler.'', 1995 * (Publisher) ''Erzählen im mittelalterlichen Skandinavien'', 2000 * (Editor) ''Female Voices of the North I: An Anthology'', 2002 * ''Personennamen in südgermanischen Runeninschriften'', 2004 * ''Kleine Grammatik des Altisländischen'', 2006 * ''Anmerkning til skrifttegna pä omslagbaksida til den islandske homilieboka'', 2006 * ''Runenschrift und Runeninschriften - eine kurze Einführung'', 2007 * ''Altisländisches Lesebuch'', 2011 * (Publisher) ''Erzählen im mittelalterlichen Skandinavien II'', 2014 * (Publisher) ''Grammarians, skalds and rune carvers'', 2016 * ''Zwei runenlose Fibeln aus dem langobardischen Gräberfeld von Maria Ponsee, Gemeinde Zwentendorf (Bezirk Tulln, Niederösterreich)'', 2019

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Personal website
of Robert Nedoma
Robert Nedoma
at the website of the

Robert Nedoma
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Robert Nedoma
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1961 births Austrian editors Austrian non-fiction writers Austrian philologists Germanic studies scholars Linguists of Germanic languages Members of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters Members of the Royal Gustavus Adolphus Academy Living people Old Norse studies scholars Runologists Scandinavian studies scholars University of Vienna alumni Academic staff of the University of Vienna {{Philologist-stub

Biography

Selected works

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