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Sir William Alexander Craigie

About the Author

William A. Craigie (1867–1957) was a Scottish philologist and lexicographer. Born in Dundee and educated there and at St. Andrews, he also attended Balliol College, Oxford. He studied old Icelandic in Copenhagen. His book Scandinavian Folk-Lore was published in 1897.