From: Scandinavian Studies | Date: June 22, 1994| Author: | COPYRIGHT 1994 Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright information

The proceedings of NORNA symposia are always interesting to read, for the volumes are compact, the speakers discuss their recent investigations, rather than rehash general truths, as is the case with so many conferences, and the exchange of opinions included by the editors reproduces the militant atmosphere of the gatherings. The NORNA eighteenth symposium has the familiar features of its predecessors. It is devoted to proper names in the old Germanic, mainly Scandinavian, languages. The symposium, as we are informed (4), "attracted 44 participants from Denmark, Finland, Germany, ...

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