Moritz Heyne
{{Short description|German linguist (1837–1906)}}
Moritz Heyne (8 June 1837 in Weißenfels – 1 March 1906 in Göttingen) was a German Germanic linguist (Germanist).
He taught as a professor at the University of Halle (1869-1870), University of Basel (1870-), University of Göttingen (1883-).
He worked with Jakob Grimm to edit his dictionary after 1867.
Literary works
- Laut- und Flexionslehre der altgermanischen Dialekte, 1862
- Beowulf: Angelsächsisches Heldengedicht, 1863
- Heliand, 1866
- Deutsches Wörterbuch, 3 vols., 1890-1895
- Ruodlieb, 1897
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Category:Germanic studies scholars
Category:Linguists of Germanic languages
Category:Academic staff of the University of Göttingen
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