Ásgrímur svarar: "Fár bregður hinu betra ef hann veit hið verra. En það munu margir mæla að eigi dræpi eg Gauk fyrr en mér væri nauður á. Er...
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Edgar Widlund
edgarwidlund...
May 22, 2009 1:00 am
Hi folks, Is there a word in ON for the conjunction 'or'? I can't seem to find one;is it possible it is understood? Perhaps there is no equivalent? Any help is...
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llama_nom
May 22, 2009 1:55 am
... Hi Edgar, The word is <eða>. It's used pretty much like English <or>. Var hann þá tíu vetra eða ellefu. He was then ten years [old] or eleven. Ár...
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Shawn Wing
swing14_99
May 22, 2009 1:57 am
I know its just being lazy but I have time restraints. How would one say: " What would Ulfr do?". Thanks, Shawn...
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llama_nom
May 22, 2009 2:02 am
... Oopsh, I missed out the word "all" from the translation. Reading more of the context, I see that he's talking about his whole flock. Þorsteinn rauðnefur...
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llama_nom
May 22, 2009 2:05 am
... Hvat mundi Úlfr gera?...
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AThompson
alysseann
May 22, 2009 10:40 am
Here´s my translation Kveðja Alan Ásgrímur svarar: "Fár bregður hinu betra ef hann veit hið verra. En það munu Ásgrím answers: ‘Few (people)...
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Fred and Grace Hatton
fredgrace
May 22, 2009 12:14 pm
I had lots of troubles with this section. Would welcome any liðveislu. Grace Ásgrímur svarar: "Fár bregður hinu betra ef hann veit hið verra. En það...
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Brian M. Scott
bmscotttg
May 22, 2009 5:04 pm
At 8:14:40 AM on Friday, May 22, 2009, Fred and Grace Hatton ... 'Few disregard [or deviate from] the better'; see Zoëga s.v. <bregða> (2). ... <margir>...
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Shawn Wing
swing14_99
May 23, 2009 12:50 pm
Thank you very much. Shawn ... From: llama_nom To: norse_course@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2009 9:05 PM Subject: [norse_course] Re: Quick Help,...
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Fred and Grace Hatton
fredgrace
May 23, 2009 12:53 pm
Thanks for all your help with that section! I have one quibble tho. I tortured this bit sticking in all possible translations of bregda and only praise seemed...
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Edgar Widlund
edwidlund@...
May 23, 2009 4:47 pm
Hi, Thank you very much for all the info.It really helped me a lot and I was matching the words in english & the ON equivalent.My vocabulary is limited,I am...
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Brian M. Scott
bmscotttg
May 23, 2009 5:28 pm
... Where do you find 'praise' as a possible translation? ... Yes, I didn't look closely enough at the context, for which I have to agree that their...
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AThompson
alysseann
May 23, 2009 11:06 pm
Grace, Brian My reading of it was that Asgrim was saying that: (A) few (people) (ie some, not necessarily everyone) disregard (or ignore) (the) good (things...
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AThompson
alysseann
May 23, 2009 11:13 pm
Grace, Brian Re: Fár bregður hinu betra ef hann veit hið verra My reading of it was that Asgrim was saying that: (A) few (people) (ie some, not necessarily...
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Fred and Grace Hatton
fredgrace
May 24, 2009 12:02 pm
Under bredga, Zoega gives as figurative: to put forth as an example, to praise, to wonder at. Grace Fred and Grace Hatton Hawley Pa...
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Fred and Grace Hatton
fredgrace
May 25, 2009 1:29 pm
Snorri mælti: "Gera skal eg þér vináttubragð það er yður sæmd skal öll við liggja. En ekki mun eg til dóma ganga. En ef þér berjist á þingi...
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AThompson
alysseann
May 26, 2009 10:37 am
Grace It seems to me that Zoega´s gloss for the meaning ‘praise’ is bregða við, ie it would seem that the preposition við is critical for this meaning,...
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AThompson
alysseann
May 26, 2009 10:52 am
Grace It seems to me that Zoega´s gloss for the meaning ‘praise’ is bregða við, ie it would seem that the preposition við is critical for this meaning,...
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Fred and Grace Hatton
fredgrace
May 26, 2009 11:02 am
Snorri mælti: "Gera skal eg þér vináttubragð það er yður sæmd skal öll við liggja. En ekki Snorri spoke, "I shall do you a friendly turn since all...
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AThompson
alysseann
May 26, 2009 12:08 pm
Here´s my translation Kveðja Alan Snorri mælti: "Gera skal eg þér vináttubragð það er yður sæmd skal öll við Snorri spoke: ‘I shall do for you...
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Fred and Grace Hatton
fredgrace
May 26, 2009 3:49 pm
Alan, I understand what you are saying and if it can't mean praise, then the way you translated it below can't possibly turn out the way M & P have it. M & P:...
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Patti (Wilson)
originalpatr...
May 26, 2009 4:04 pm
Saell If it please you I have the complete Sagas - I would like to look it up but I have missed the passage in the Saga where-in this quote appears may I have...
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Fred and Grace Hatton
fredgrace
May 27, 2009 10:13 pm
Thanks for sorting out my difficulties! Grace þeir muni ætla að renna til vígis í Almannagjá en ef þeir komast (reach, not escape, which would be komast...
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Fred and Grace Hatton
fredgrace
May 28, 2009 1:31 pm
Þá mælti Guðmundur: "Næstum fór mér til yðvar lítilmannlega er eg var yður erfiður. Skal eg nú því skemur draga fyrir yður er þá var eg...
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heathenfray_9
May 28, 2009 10:33 pm
how are gerunds written in on?...
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Brian M. Scott
bmscotttg
May 28, 2009 11:43 pm
At 4:55:14 PM on Thursday, May 28, 2009, heathenfray_9 ... ON doesn't really have anything like the English gerund (= verbal noun in <-ing>). In many...
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Fred and Grace Hatton
fredgrace
May 29, 2009 1:06 pm
I had difficulties with the second line and would welcome any help. Grace Þá mælti Guðmundur: "Næstum fór mér til yðvar lítilmannlega er eg var yður ...
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AThompson
alysseann
May 29, 2009 2:18 pm
Here´s my translation Kveðja Alan Þá mælti Guðmundur: "Næstum fór mér til yðvar lítilmannlega er eg var yður Then Guðmund spoke: ‘Last-time (it)...
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Brian M. Scott
bmscotttg
May 29, 2009 8:22 pm
At 9:06:04 AM on Friday, May 29, 2009, Fred and Grace Hatton ... CV s.v. <draga> has some examples of <draga fyrir> in the transitive sense of 'delay'. I make...
