Gimlé

EM:

Indicates emphasis.

STRONG:

Indicates stronger emphasis.

CITE:

Contains a citation or a reference to other sources.

DFN:

Indicates that this is the defining instance of the enclosed term.

CODE:

Designates a fragment of computer code.

SAMP:

Designates sample output from programs, scripts, etc.

KBD:

Indicates text to be entered by the user.

VAR:

Indicates an instance of a variable or program argument.

ABBR:

Indicates an abbreviated form (e.g., WWW, HTTP, URI, Mass., etc.).

ACRONYM:

Indicates an acronym (e.g., WAC, radar, etc.).

World Wide Web Consortium—HTML 4.0.1 Specification

Reading through the HTML 4.0.1 specification is enlightening.

First of all, SPAN is not really the tag I should have used with with the lang attribute on my Gylfaginning page.

Neither is CITE.

DFN sounds perfect.

Food for thought.

Baldur.