Rune Forsberg (1908–20 September 1997) was a Swedish scholar of

Old English Old English (, ), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the early Middle Ages. It was brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain, Anglo ...

Life

Forsberg matriculated at

Uppsala University Uppsala University ( sv, Uppsala universitet) is a public university, public research university in Uppsala, Sweden. Founded in 1477, it is the List of universities in Sweden, oldest university in Sweden and the Nordic countries still in opera ...

in 1927, graduating with a master's degree (Fil.mag.) in 1932, a licentiate (Fil.lic.) in 1938, and a doctorate (PhD) in 1950.Karl Inge Sandred, 'Rune Forsberg 1908–1997', ''Journal of the English Place-Name Society'', 30 (1997–98), 158–59. His thesis, ''A Contribution to a Dictionary of Old English Place-names'', Nomina Germanica; arkiv för germansk namnforskning, 9 (Uppsala: Almqvist & Wiksell), had begun as a contribution to a planned place-name dictionary by Forsberg's teacher

Robert Eugen Zachrisson Robert Eugen Zachrisson, born 15 January 1880 in Karlskrona, Sweden and died 28 July 1937, was a Swedish philologist. Zachrisson became a student in 1900, Bachelor of Arts in 1902, Licentiate (degree), Licentiate of Philosophy in 1908, PhD and Ass ...

, but Zachrisson's early death prevented the realisation of the dictionary itself. Yet Forsberg's work offered important insights into the origins of a range of place-names, and into the dating of Anglo-Saxon

charters A charter is the grant of authority or rights, stating that the granter formally recognizes the prerogative of the recipient to exercise the rights specified. It is implicit that the granter retains superiority (or sovereignty), and that the rec ...

. Forsberg went on to work in Uppsala University's English department until his retirement in the mid-1970s. His final monograph, ''The Place-name Lewes: A Study of its Early Spellings and Etymology'', Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis: Studia Anglistica Upsaliensia, 100 (Uppsala: Uppsala University, 1997), was published posthumously, seen through the press by Karl Inge Sandred and Bengt Lindström.

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