Hey, Can someone recommend some good source for old-norse text linguistics? all i seem to find are the old traditional grammars by noreen and heusler. yet,...
... Lily, I must admit that I'm no expert on the subject. In fact, I'm far from it. However, the question seems to verge on the question of why the Japanese...
... I must admit- I would like to know about a good Norse text as well... any takers? Emily __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Find out what...
While I am interested in general linguistics, especially those of my ancestors (Swedish, German, Irish), I'm primarily concerned with translating one specific...
... emily, although there is no separate, distinct kana for 'ch', they write this sound in kana as a combination of 'chi(=ti)' + 'ya/e/yo/yu'. they do the ...
... Well, "pick up" is basically 'taka upp'. "Skrímnir tók upp hanzka sinn." (Skrímnir picked up his glove.) A completely literal translation would thus be:...
Haukur Thorgeirsson
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Jan 6, 2004 1:10 am
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Thank you very much! I am definately looking for the imperative, as is "tak upp hamarinn bann" (forgive my lack of font). If I were to inscribe that phrase, ...
I'm not sure why this didn't make it to the list yesterday, but I'll try again... Does anybody know where I can find a picture of the Meldorf fibula, hopefully...
Does anybody actually know where I can find a PICTURE of the Meldorf fibula? I keep seeing it referenced and hearing the debate about whether or not the...
The last word is not "bann" -- it's "þann." (It's the word "þat" -- translation: "that" -- in the Accusative case.) The first letter is the Norse letter...
... clearly, and you obviously know more on the subject that I do- however my point was the it was somewhat similar to the /z/ /s/ debate. thanks for the ...
Greetings, I hope the moderators will not mind this slightly off-topic post. I was wondering if anyone could tell me about an Icelandic High day, called Ray...
I was told (better do more studies myself, apparently), that Runic inscriptions were written right to left. That's what I get for trusting word of mouth. I'm...
1. Kudos on the ascii graphics. 2. I gave you several possibilites for translation; interestingly "tak upp hamarinn þann" was not among them. 3. There is no...
Haukur Thorgeirsson
haukurth@...
Jan 7, 2004 4:29 am
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... Thanks, but is there an easier way? ... As soon as I posted, I realized I had gotten my signals crossed. The translation I meant to use was: "tak upp...
... Greetings, ... Greetings ! the nearest that I know of is normally translated as Sun Coffee - celebrated on the first day the sun reached a farm or...
What's the fully deciphered sentence? At first glance, a bit of structure seems to be " I am....and....mad...me!" Anyway, before we drift too far from the...
... Early Germanic languages. Proto-Norse. Kveðja, Haukur...
Haukur Thorgeirsson
haukurth@...
Jan 7, 2004 7:22 pm
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Here I kill some myths: (1) Old Norse - as it appears in this course - was not the language of the Vikings (nor their ancestors), (2) 99.9% of the runestones...
Thanks, Sarah. Good luck with your job search. I hope something comes your way soon. I am also out of work - a former Boeing engineer, with a wife and a...
pdhanssen@...
Jan 8, 2004 12:44 am
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Jamie, I will email you a picture offline. Watch for it. -Laz ... From: "Jamie" <wyrdplace@...> To: <norse_course@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, January...
Lazarus Black
lazarus@...
Jan 8, 2004 12:45 am
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Well met, Myth-Killer! My only question is, were these "99.9%" of runic carvings done in a purely Christian setting, or during the period of amalgamation? I ...
You're taking your myth-killing a bit far, I think. The Icelanders from the ninth and tenth century -- many of whom went viking -- spoke a language close...
Well, i have already posted this about a week ago (if more or less i'm sorry - i'm lousy when it comes to this...) but i got no response. It's does not seem to...
hi there, nothing to find at your local uni library? well, here are a few books i' ve been working with: Introduction to Old Norse / Eric V. Gordon, A. R....
mona striewe
mona@...
Jan 8, 2004 10:12 pm
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A group of my fellow students interested in language and I often sit around and discuss language. Together, we speak Arabic, French, Spanish, Russian, German,...
... I don't know and the question isn't really well defined. Here are two suggestions for better defined questions: 1. What percentage of the daily vocabulary...
Haukur Thorgeirsson
haukurth@...
Jan 10, 2004 2:38 am
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... Interesting question! I don't know the answer, but I do know that almost a quarter of the monosyllabic words that I've studied have ON roots. Also, words...
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