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Would an woman speaking Old or Medieval Norse/Icelandic ever have the byname inn skarpi tungu?

supposed to mean ‘the sharp-tongued woman.’

N. Scott Catledge, PhD/STD

Professor Emeritus

history & languages

Mon Jul 13, 2009 5:10 am

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I am trying to translate the phrases "Give me liberty or give me death" and "Live free or die", but I have been having a tough time finding O.N. translation to...	Jay Johnson dry_vodka_ma...	Jul 26, 2006 9:33 pm
Possibly: gef m�r frelsi e�a dau�a. (Give (to) me) freedom or death. Or more simply: frelsi (mitt) e�a dau�i (minn). (my) freedom or (my) death....	AThompson alysseann	Jul 27, 2006 11:09 am
OK folks what I have cooked up is: "mer frelsi gef e�a mer dau�a gef" and "sj�lfr��r lifat e�a deyjat" - any thoughts as to structure, diction, grammar,...	Jay Johnson dry_vodka_ma...	Aug 7, 2006 8:29 pm
Would an woman speaking Old or Medieval Norse/Icelandic ever have the byname inn skarpi tungu? supposed to mean 'the sharp-tongued woman.' N. Scott Catledge,...	Scott thlcolmdubh	Jul 13, 2009 1:37 pm
... <Tunga> is feminine, so on purely grammatical grounds it would be <(h)in skarpa tunga>. However, ON bynames with the definite article are always...	Brian M. Scott bmscotttg	Jul 13, 2009 6:12 pm
I am unaware of it Scott but I hope you will post what you find it is highly suitable, for one or two known to me Kve�ja Patricia ... From: Scott Date:...	Patti (Wilson) originalpatr...	Jul 13, 2009 2:41 pm