Jakob Sverdrup (philologist)

Jakob Sverdrup (10 April 1881 – 21 November 1938) was a Norwegian philologist and lexicographer.

He was born in Leikanger[1] as a son of the bishop and politician Jakob Sverdrup (1845–1899).

degree in 1928 with the thesis Zum germanischen Verbalsystem, and was promoted to professor of Germanic philology in 1929.

Among his works were a German-Norwegian dictionary, released in two volumes in 1933 and 1936.

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