This volume is in honour of Karl Schneider and covers the wide spectrum of Schneider's own interests: Part I covers runology (Elmer H. Antonsen, Hans Schwartz, Winfred P. Lehmann); The second part deals with indogermanics, etymology and lexicography (Edgard C. Polome, Fritz W. Schulze, Kurt R. Jankowsky, Rosemarie Lieber, Ernst S. Dick, Rudolf Schutzeichel, Helmut Gneuss, Jurgen Schafer, Horst Geckeler); Part III & IV cover linguistic studies (Peter Hartmann, Helmut Gipper, Goetz Wienold, Herbert Pilch, Shoichi Watanabe, Manford Hanowell); the next section concerns cultural history (Hartmut Beckers, Karl Heinz Goeller, Edgar Mertner, Gustav H. Blanke, Christian W. Thomsen); Part VI Old and Middle English literature (Gunter Kellermann & Renate Haas, Armin Rathe, Uwe Boeker, Helmut A. Benning); Part VII Shakespeare (Marvin Spevack, Wolfgang Babilas) and a final section on newer literatures (Hermann J. Real & Heinz J. Vienken, Herbert Mainusch, Helmut Koopman, Klaus Ostheeren, Walter A. Koch, Egon Werlich, Horst W. Drescher). The volume ends with a full bibliography of Karl Schneider.