James Edward Knirk

• Knirk, James Edward (2022). Corpus Editions of Norwegian Runic Inscriptions. Futhark: International Journal of Runic Studies. ISSN 1892-0950. 12, p. 29–48. doi: 10.33063/diva-491877. Full text in Research Archive
• Knirk, James E (2021). Documentation of Runic Inscriptions. In Williams, Henrik; MacLeod, Mindy & Bianchi, Marco (Ed.), Reading Runes: Proceedings of the Eighth International Symposium on Runes and Runic Inscriptions, Nyköping, Sweden, 1-6 September 2014. Institutionen för nordiska språk, Uppsala universitet. ISSN 978-91-986950-0-7. p. 15–42. doi: 10.33063/diva-437002. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Documentation and examination are the essence of runological fieldwork. As discussed here, the recording aspect concerns the inscriptions, particularly the runes, themselves. The documentation of runic carvings is a multifaceted activity. It ranges from the production of reading protocols during the examination of inscriptions to the utilization of various techniques for registering what is found on the runic object: (a) visually, i.e. with drawings or photographs, (b) physically, e.g. with squeezes or casts, and (c) scientifically, such as by employment of microscopes, 3D scanning or most recently Reflectance Transformation Imaging. The main requirement for all such documentation is objectivity.

• Knirk, James E (2020). Runestone N KJ49B Fuglset. Futhark: International Journal of Runic Studies. ISSN 1892-0950. 11, p. 177–181. doi: 10.33063/diva-438143. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  The stone inscribed with older runes from Fuglset in Molde municipality, western Norway, was found in 1939 and published by Magnus Olsen in 1941. It is mentioned in a footnote in Krause and Jankuhn's corpus edition (1966). Since the mid-1980s, however, the author (head of the Runic Archives in Oslo) suspected it to be modern. Thus it came to be included in the corpus of an Oslo thesis from 2001 on Norwegian post-Reformation runic inscriptions. More recently it came to the attention of the Runic Archives that the finder had in 1997 sent a letter to the University Museum in Trondheim in which he owned up to having himself carved the runes and thus set the record straight.

• Knirk, James E (2017). Kuli-steinen og landsnamnet Noreg. Namn og Nemne : Tidsskrift for norsk namnegransking. ISSN 0800-4684. 34, p. 93–98. Full text in Research Archive
• Knirk, James E (2017). Love and Eroticism in Medieval Norwegian Runic Inscriptions. In Krüger, Jana; Busch, Vivian; Seidel, Katharina; Zimmermann, Christiane & Zimmermann, Ute (Ed.), Die Faszination des Verborgenen und seine Entschlüsselung. Beiträge zur Runologie, skandinavistischen Mediävistik und germanischen Sprachwissenschaft.. Walter de Gruyter (De Gruyter). ISSN 978-3-11-054738-2. p. 217–232. doi: https:/doi.org/10.1515/9783110548136-016. Full text in Research Archive
• Knirk, James E (2015). The Runic Inscription on the Eikeland Fibula. In Pesch, Alexandra & Grim, Oliver (Ed.), Archäologie und Runen. Fallstudien zu Inschriften im älteren Futhark. Beiträge zum Workshop am Zentrum für Baltische und Skandinavische Archäologie (ZBSA) in Schleswig am 3./4. Februar 2011. Wachholtz Verlag. ISSN 9783529018817. p. 427–432.
• Knirk, James E (2013). N 244 Helland II: A Topsy-turvy Runestone. Futhark: International Journal of Runic Studies. ISSN 1892-0950. 3 (for 2012), p. 105–109.
• Knirk, James E (2013). The Runic Inscription on the Ethelred II Long Cross Penny, Norwegian Collections, part I: Anglo-Saxon Coins to 1016. Oxford University Press. ISSN 978-0-19-726543-7. p. 81–82.
• Knirk, James E (2012). Icelandic Drinking Horn with Runic Inscription. Futhark: International Journal of Runic Studies. ISSN 1892-0950. 2(for 2011), p. 213–217. Show summary

  An Icelandic drinking horn with runic inscription, from the mid-1800s and now in the National Museum of Iceland, bears a quotation from the Eddic poem Sigrdrífumál: "Never shall mead mixed with poison do harm". An additional inscription with rune-like signs could neither be read nor interpreted.

• Knirk, James E (2012). A Runic Name-Riddle in Lbs 2565 8vo. Futhark: International Journal of Runic Studies. ISSN 1892-0950. 2(for 2011), p. 207–211. Show summary

  A runic name-riddle in an Icelandic manuscript from 1804, Landsbókasafn 2565 8vo, conceals the author's name "Guðmundur" and is Guðmundur Bergþórsson's signature in his Olgeir rímur danska. The manuscript turns out to be written by Gísli Konráðsson, father of Professor Konrad Gislason.

• Knirk, James E (2011). The Viðey Rune-stick: Iceland's Earliest Runic Inscription. In Sigmundsson, Svavar (Eds.), Viking Settlements and Viking Society: Papers from the Proceedings of the Sixteenth Viking Congress, Reykjavík and Reykholt, 16-23 August 2009. University of Iceland Press. ISSN 978-9979-54-923-9. p. 260–270. Show summary

  The article concerns the reading and interpretation of a rune-stick found in 1993 on Viðey, dating to the 1000s or early 1100s, and thus Iceland's earliest runic inscription. Readings published by the author in 1994 are improved, and variant readings published by a colleague in 2003 are dismissed. The inscription apparently concerns "love", the only word read with certainty.

• Knirk, James E (2011). Hogganvik-innskriften: en hard runologisk nøtt :. Viking. ISSN 0332-608X. 74, p. 25–39.
• Knirk, James E (2010). Dateringa av Sigurd Jarlssons runeinnskrift i Vinje stavkyrkje. Collegium Medievale. ISSN 0801-9282. 23, p. 248–251.
• Knirk, James E (2010). Dotted runes: where did they come from? In Sheehan, John & Corráin, Donnachadh Ó (Ed.), The Viking Age: Ireland and the West. Papers from the Proceedings of the Fifteenth Viking Congress, 18-27 August 2005. Four Courts Press. ISSN 978-1-84682-101-1. p. 188–198.
• Knirk, James E (2007). Blyblekket med runer og runelignende tegn. Norske Oldfunn. ISSN 0333-127X.
• Knirk, James E (2006). [The coins:] The graffiti. In Fuglesang, Signe Horn & Wilson, D. M. (Ed.), The Hoen hoard. A viking gold treasure of the ninth century. Institutum Romanum Norvegiae. ISSN 88-88620-21-4. p. 173–179. Show summary

  Presentation and interpretation of several graffiti and one runic inscription carved on ten (primarily Kufic) coins converted into pendants in the Hoen hoard.

• Knirk, James E (2006). Arbeidet ved Runearkivet, Oslo. Nytt om runer: Meldingsblad om runeforskning. ISSN 0801-3756. p. 16–18. Show summary

  Presentasjon av alle nyfunne runeinnskrifter i Norge for 2003

• Axelson, Jan; Knirk, James E & Nordby, K. Jonas (2006). Runic Bibliography for 2003. Nytt om runer: Meldingsblad om runeforskning. ISSN 0801-3756. p. 37–55.
• Knirk, James E (2006). Supplements to the Runic Bibliographies for 2000 to 2002. Nytt om runer: Meldingsblad om runeforskning. ISSN 0801-3756. p. 56–57.
• Knirk, James E (2006). Redaktør. Nytt om runer: Meldingsblad om runeforskning. ISSN 0801-3756. p. 1–60. Show summary

  Tidsskrift med årlige presentasjoner av nyfunn/nyregistreringer av runeinnskrifter i hele verden, opplysninger om runekonferanser, bibliografi over skriftlig produksjon innen runologi

• Knirk, James E & Nordby, K. Jonas (2005). Nyere tids runeinnskrifter på Ringerike. In Harsson, Bjørn Geirr (Eds.), Heftet Ringerike 2005. Ringerike Historielag, Ringerike Ungdomslag, Stiftelsen Ringerikes Museum. ISSN 82-996833-4-3. p. 25–27.
• Knirk, James E (2005). Redaktør. Nytt om runer: Meldingsblad om runeforskning. ISSN 0801-3756. 18 for 2003, p. 1–56.
• Knirk, James E (2005). Handskrifter frå 1700-talet med runeinnskrifta N63 Gran kyrkje I. Motskrift : tidsskrift for språk og litteratur. ISSN 0800-0727. p. 55–57.
• Axelson, Jan; Knirk, James E & Nordby, K. Jonas (2005). Runic Bibliography for 2002. Nytt om runer: Meldingsblad om runeforskning. ISSN 0801-3756. 18 for 2003, p. 35–51.
• Axelson, Jan; Knirk, James E & Nordby, K. Jonas (2005). Supplements to the Runic Bibliographies for 2000 and 2001. Nytt om runer: Meldingsblad om runeforskning. ISSN 0801-3756. 18 for 2003, p. 51–53.
• Knirk, James E (2004). Runeinnskrifter på omslaget til den islandske homilieboka. Nytt om runer: Meldingsblad om runeforskning. ISSN 0801-3756.
• Axelson, Jan; Knirk, James E & Nordby, Kjell Jonas (2004). Runic Bibliography for 2001. Nytt om runer: Meldingsblad om runeforskning. ISSN 0801-3756. p. 47–66.
• Axelson, Jan; Knirk, James E & Nordby, Kjell Jonas (2004). Supplements to the Runic Bibliographies for 1999 and 2000. Nytt om runer: Meldingsblad om runeforskning. ISSN 0801-3756. p. 66–72.
• Knirk, James E (2003). The Runes on a Kufic Coin from Hoen in Buskerud, Norway. In Heizmann, Wilhelm & Nahl, Astrid van (Ed.), Runica - Germanica - Medievalia (Ergänzungsbände zum Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde 37). Walter de Gruyter (De Gruyter). ISSN 3-11-017778-1. p. 348–355.
• Axelson, Jan; Knirk, James E & Nordby, Kjell Jonas (2003). Runic Bibliography for 2000. Nytt om runer: Meldingsblad om runeforskning. ISSN 0801-3756. 16 for 2001, p. 42–54.
• Axelson, Jan; Knirk, James E & Nordby, Kjell Jonas (2003). Supplements to the Runic Bibliographies for 1995 to 1999. Nytt om runer: Meldingsblad om runeforskning. ISSN 0801-3756. 16 for 2001, p. 55–57.
• Knirk, James E (2002). Runes: Origin, development of the futhark, functions, applications, and methodological considerations. In Bandle, Oskar; Braunmüller, Kurt; Jahr, Ernst Håkon; Karker, Allan; Naumann, Hans-Peter; Telemann, Ulf; Elmevik, Lennart & Widmark, Gun (Ed.), The Nordic Languages. An international handbook of the history of the North Germanic languages. Vol. 1. Mouton de Gruyter, Berlin. ISSN 3-11-014876-5. p. 634–648. Show summary

  Allmenn faglig presentasjon av eldre runer og deres utvikling fram til vikingtiden.

• Knirk, James E (2001). Forum: Umlauted Runes on the Kensington Runestone. Scandinavian Studies. ISSN 0036-5637. 73(2), p. 210–214. Show summary

  Debattinnlegg etter reaksjon på min anmeldelse i samme tidsskrift av to bøker som argumenterte for ektheten av den forfalskede runestein fra Kensington, Minnesota.

• Knirk, James E (2001). Arbeidet ved Runearkivet, Oslo. Nytt om runer: Meldingsblad om runeforskning. ISSN 0801-3756. 15 for 2000, p. 16–20. Show summary

  Presentasjon av alle nyfunne og nyregistrerte runeinnskrifter i Norge for 1999 samt annet arbeid utført i Runearkivet i 1999.

• Axelson, Jan; Knirk, James E & Nordby, Kjell Jonas (2001). Runic Bibliography for 1999. Nytt om runer: Meldingsblad om runeforskning. ISSN 0801-3756. 15 for 2000, p. 41–55. Show summary

  Bibliografisk registrering av all skriftlig produksjon innenfor faget runologi for 1999.

• Axelson, Jan; Knirk, James E & Nordby, Kjell Jonas (2001). Supplements to the Runic Bibliographies for 1995 to 1998. Nytt om runer: Meldingsblad om runeforskning. ISSN 0801-3756. 15 for 2000, p. 56–58. Show summary

  Supplementer til allerede trykte årsbibliografier om runeforskning.

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• Screen, Elina & Knirk, James E (2013). Norwegian Collections, part I: Anglo-Saxon Coins to 1016. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-726543-7. 410 p.
• Askedal, John Ole; Bjorvand, Harald; Knirk, James E & Nordgreen, Otto Erlend (2010). Zentrale Probleme bei der Erforschung der älteren Runen. Akten einer internationalen Tagung an der Norwegischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Peter Lang Publishing Group. ISBN 978-3-631-60414-4. 41(41). 256 p.
• Knirk, James E (2004). A Dictionary of Old Norse Prose, vol. 3: de-em. Den arnamagnæanske kommission. ISBN 87-7001-284-9. 466 p. Show summary

  Vol. 3 of a dictionary covering from the Old Norse word "de" to the word "emprurr", with translations to Danish and English.

• Knirk, James E (2004). Ordbog over det norrøne prosasprog, ONP 1-3: Nøgle/Key. Den arnamagnæanske kommission. ISBN 87-7001-285-7. 229 p. Show summary

  Nøgle (revideret) til brug af de første 3 bind af Ordbog over det norrøne prosasprog.

• Knirk, James E & Nordby, Kjell Jonas (2004). Nytt om runer: Meldingsblad om runeforskning, nr. 17 for 2002. UKM. 74 p. Show summary

  Tidsskrift med årlige presentasjoner av nyfunn/nyregistrering av runeinnskrifter i hele verden, opplysninger om runekonferanser, bibliografier over skriftlig produksjon innen runologi.

• Knirk, James E & Nordby, Kjell Jonas (2003). Nytt om runer: Meldingsblad om runeforskning, nr. 16 for 2001. UKM/Oldsaksamlingen. 60 p. Show summary

  Tidsskrift med årlige presentasjoner av nyfunn/nyregistrering av runeinnskrifter i hele verden, opplysninger om runekonferanser, bibliografier over skriftlig produksjon innen runologi.

• Knirk, James E (2001). Nytt om runer: Meldingsblad om runeforskning, nr. 15 for 2000. UKM/Oldsaksamlingen. 60 p. Show summary

  Tidsskrift med årlige presentasjoner av nyfunn/nyregistrering av runeinnskrifter i hele verden, opplysninger om runekonferanser, bibliografier over skriftlig produksjon innen runologi.

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• Slottemo, Hilde Gunn; Sandvik, Hilde; Smith-Solbakken, Marie; Bull, Ida; Halvorsen, Marit & Opsahl, Erik [Show all 12 contributors for this article] (2015). Uinformert omorganisering av Arkivverket. Morgenbladet. ISSN 0805-3847.
• Knirk, James E & Williams, Henrik (2014). Foreword. Futhark: International Journal of Runic Studies. ISSN 1892-0950. 5 (for 2014), p. 5–5.
• Knirk, James E & Williams, Henrik (2013). Foreword. Futhark: International Journal of Runic Studies. ISSN 1892-0950. 4, p. 5–6.
• Knirk, James E (2013). Intervju of artikkel om Kensington-steinen i Aftenposten 04.07.1955. [Radio]. NRK P2, program: Dagens avis.
• Knirk, James E & Williams, Henrik (2013). Foreword. Futhark: International Journal of Runic Studies. ISSN 1892-0950. 3 (for 2012), p. 5–5.
• Knirk, James E (2012). Om kjærlighet på pinne, runeinnskrifter, fierier, kjærlighet og sex.
• Knirk, James E & Williams, Henrik (2012). Foreword. Futhark: International Journal of Runic Studies. ISSN 1892-0950. 2 (for 2011), p. 5–5.
• Askedal, John Ole; Bjorvand, Harald; Knirk, James E & Nordgreen, Otto Erlend (2010). Vorwort. In Askedal, John Ole; Bjorvand, Harald; Knirk, James E & Nordgreen, Otto Erlend (Ed.), Zentrale Probleme bei der Erforschung der älteren Runen. Akten einer internationalen Tagung an der Norwegischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Peter Lang Publishing Group. ISSN 978-3-631-60414-4. p. 7–7.
• Knirk, James E & Williams, Henrik (2010). Foreword. Futhark: International Journal of Runic Studies. ISSN 1892-0950. 1, p. v–v.
• Knirk, James E (2010). Runesteinen med eldre runer fra Hogganvik ved Mandal. Nicolay: Arkeologisk tidsskrift. ISSN 0332-8937. 111(2), p. 13–18.
• Knirk, James E (2010). Runes and Runic Inscriptions. In Bjork, Robert (Eds.), The Oxford Dictionary of the Middle Ages, vol. 1-4. Oxford University Press. ISSN 978-0-19-866262-4. p. 1438–1439.
• Engh, Jan & Knirk, James E (2010). Norsk runeforskning.
• Sørdal, Gøril Grof; Knirk, James E & Dyvik, Helge (2008). Runer på Bryggen i Bergen. [Radio]. NRK, P1, Norgesglasset.
• Knirk, James E (2006). Runes and runic inscriptions. Show summary

  Popular presentation of runes and runic inscriptions in connection with the appearance of a heavy metal CD where runes were an inspiration for the music.

• Knirk, James E (2006). Tune, § 1. Tune (Østfold), b. Runological. In Beck, Heinrich (Eds.), Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde, bd. 31. Walter de Gruyter (De Gruyter). ISSN 3-11-018386-2. p. 332–335.
• Knirk, James E (2006). Veblungsnes. In Beck, Heinrich (Eds.), Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde, bd. 32. Walter de Gruyter (De Gruyter). ISSN 3-11-018387-0. p. 86–87.
• Knirk, James E (2006). Ortografien i det islandske håndskriftet AM 557 4to.
• Knirk, James E (2006). Dei magiske teikna.
• Knirk, James E (2005). Setre, § 2. Runologisches. In Beck, Heinrich (Eds.), Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde, bd. 28. Walter de Gruyter (De Gruyter). ISSN 3-11-018207-6. p. 231–232.
• Knirk, James E; Sørensen, Øystein; Tunstad, Erik & Søderlind, Didrik (2005). Kan du stole på Wikipedia? [Internet]. forskning.no.
• Knirk, James E (2004). Runesteinen fra Kensington i Minnesota - Fakta eller fantasi.
• Knirk, James E (2004). Omstridt runestein er en bløff! Runolog mener det er bevist at runene er lagd på 1800-tallet. Levende Historie. ISSN 1503-4208.
• Knirk, James E (2004). Den tapte runesteinen. Ringerikes blad. Show summary

  Presentasjon av runesteinen fra Stein gård, funnet i 1934 men tapt allerede i 1937 (publisert i Norges innskrifter med de yngre runer som N91 i 1951). Presentasjonen bygger på nye kilder funnet i Runearkivet i 1985 og skrevet om av Margit Harsson i 2000. Runesteinen var en gravstein fra ca. 1300.

• Knirk, James E (2004). Kopi av runestein fra Alstad. In Büchten, Daniela (Eds.), Norge-Russland. Naboer gjennom 1000 år. Scandinavian Academic Press. ISSN 82-304-0010-5. p. 64–65 (foto: 66). Show summary

  Utstillingskatalog. Norsk Folkemuseum, Oslo, 2. juni-31. okt. 2004; Russisk etnografisk museum, St. Petersburg, 1. feb.-30.juni 2005. Russisk versjon: Rossija-Norvegija: Skboz' veka i granicy.

• Knirk, James E (2004). Runepinne med tekst. In Büchten, Daniela (Eds.), Norge-Russland. Naboer gjennom 1000 år. Scandinavian Academic Press. ISSN 82-304-0010-5. Show summary

  Utstillingskatalog. Norsk Folkemuseum, Oslo, 2. juni-31. okt. 2004; Russisk etnografisk museum, St. Petersburg, 1. feb.-30.juni 2005. Russisk versjon: Rossija-Norvegija: Skboz' veka i granicy.

• Knirk, James E & Guhnfeldt, Cato (2004). Berømt runestein i USA endelig avslørt som falsk. [Newspaper]. Aftenposten.
• Knirk, James E & Giæver, Ole Peder (2004). Middelalder-SMS. [Newspaper]. VG.
• Knirk, James E (2003). Rosseland, § 2. Runologisches. In Beck, Heinrich (Eds.), Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde, bd. 24. de Gruyter. ISSN 3-11-017575-4. p. 359–359.
• Knirk, James E (2003). Reistad, § 2. Runologisches. In Beck, Heinrich (Eds.), Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde, bd. 24. de Gruyter. ISSN 3-11-017575-4. p. 385–386.
• Knirk, James E (2003). Reading and Understanding Runic Inscriptions, or: How Interpretations of Runic Inscriptions Come About.
• Knirk, James E (2002). Myklebostad, § 2. Runologisches. In Beck, Heinrich (Eds.), Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde, bd. 20. de Gruyter. ISSN 3-11-017164-3. p. 453–454. Show summary

  Presentasjon av runeinnskriften med eldre runer fra Myklebostad, Møre og Romsdal.

• Knirk, James E (2001). The Word-List of the Dictionary of Old Norse Prose. Show summary

  Presentasjon av nettversjonen av ordlista til Ordbog over det norrøne prosasprog i København.

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