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Terminology, continued
Placename
vA placename is a
geographical name, the proper name of a locality, region, or some other part of the earth's surface or its natural or
artifical feature.
Locative
byname
vLocative bynames are
related to placenames; they are bynames involving locations or places. There are two types of locative bynames. The first are toponymic locative bynames, which involve proper names of locations,
including territorial locative bynames,
which indicate places held/owned by the person or their family. The second are topographic locative bynames, which involve
descriptions of places rather than
placenames.
Grammatical
terms
vNominative - Subject.
Used as the name itself.
vGenitive - Possessive.
Most important for forming patronymics.
vDative - Indirect object
of verb or object of a preposition.
vAccusative - Direct
object of verb or object of a preposition.
Normalized
vA normalized spelling is
the theoretically correct spelling according to the rules for the period under consideration rather than the most
common spellings actually found in
historical records. The normalized form of the name is the form generally used
by scholars. Old Norse
normalization is based on the forms most commonly found in the early Norse literature, which dates from the 12th century. This
scholarly practice is based on the
Old Icelandic of the sagas.