Dialectal Features in Old English Psalter Glosses

本研究旨在对商业维斯帕西亚诗篇(PsGlA)和西撒克逊早期区域诗篇(PsGlD)进行全面的比较，并由此重新解释A型和D型光泽之间的关系，以及现存的各种光泽之间的关系。除了比较完整词、虚词、前缀成分、后缀或屈折词尾外，还考虑了成分顺序、动词形式和拼写变体，以显示代表两种不同方言的两种注释的不同之处。结果如下：(1)PsGlA和PsGlD中有1/4的词汇是不同的；(2)一些完整的词和虚词表现出方言差异，但大多数词和形式被选为拉丁语原文的翻译词；(3)虚词和其他次要成分在词汇选择上表现出两种色彩的不同规律；(4)西撒克逊晚期的注释既表现出多样性，也表现出与PsGlD的一致性，最忠实的是Stowe Psalter(PsGlF)和最少的Arundel Psalter(PsGlJ)；(5)A型朱尼厄斯诗篇(PsGlB)和剑桥诗篇(PsGlC)，不是Mercian但西撒克逊人，并不总是遵循PsGlA，但有时选择自己的词汇，他们经常不同意他们的选择；(6)罗马和加拉加斯文本拉丁文之间的差异影响到古英语翻译的选择，特别是全词的选择，这可能代表了早期和晚期西撒克逊在词汇选择上的差异。

This research has aimed at the throughgoing comparison between the Mercian Vespasian Psalter (PsGlA) and the early West Saxon Regius Psalter (PsGlD) and the consequent reinterpretation of the relation between the A-type and D-type glosses and between each extant glosses of the Psalter。 In addition to the comparison between full words, function words, prefixed elements, suffixes or inflectional endings, element order, verb forms and spelling variants are all taken into consideration so as to show how different the two glosses, which represent the two distinct dialects, are. The following are the summary of results : (1) the one-fourth of the whole lexemes in PsGlA and PsGlD are different ; (2) some full words and function words show dialectal distinction, but most words and forms are chosen as renderings of the Latin original ; (3) function words and other minor elements show different disciplines of the two glosses in their lexical choice ; (4) late West Saxon glosses show both variety and conformity to PsGlD, the most faithful one being the Stowe Psalter (PsGlF) and the least Arundel Psalter (PsGlJ) ; (5) the A-type Junius Psalter (PsGlB) and Cambridge Psalter (PsGlC), not being Mercian but West Saxon, do not always follow PsGlA but at times choose their own lexemes, and they often disagree in their choice ; (6) the difference between the Roman and the Gallican texts of Latin affects the choice of Old English renderings especially in full words, which may represent the differences in lexical choice between early and late West Saxon.