Jed, I completely agree with you on that point. As an American, I'm constantly hearing people say, "Oh, if they're in our country, they should learn to speak...
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richard
kaunas4@...
Feb 9, 2004 12:58 am
Dear Members, Would any members be able to advise me if the Old Norse Bible is on line at any Web Site. Thanks, Richard...
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Joshua Tenpenny
joshtenpenny
Feb 9, 2004 2:03 am
Jed, here are two versions of the Lords Prayer I found online, at the site: http://www.pinette.net/chris/bible/ Matthew 6:9-13 (Theodor Wisn, 1872) Faer...
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Joshua Tenpenny
joshtenpenny
Feb 9, 2004 2:04 am
The site I mentioned also lists this under "English", which may be of interest to you. ... -- Joshua...
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Fred and Grace Hatton
hattonf
Feb 9, 2004 5:07 am
Subject: Hrafnkell 177-200 ___________________________________ En vi ann trna, at ekki veri at eim mnnum, But in that belief, that(in order)...
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konrad_oddsson
Feb 9, 2004 10:01 am
Sorry Richard, but there is no Old Norse bible ;) The bible was never translated in Old Norse. Bible translations appeared in the different scandinavian...
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konrad_oddsson
Feb 9, 2004 10:02 am
Here is how bishop Wulfila translated it: atta unsar u in himinam weihnai nam ein quimi iudinassus eins warai wilja eins sw in himina jah...
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Gerald Mcharg
Gerald.Mcharg@...
Feb 9, 2004 10:04 am
... From: "Joshua Tenpenny" <josh@...> To: <norse_course@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, February 09, 2004 1:37 AM Subject: [norse_course] Old...
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Kevin McKechnie
micheloberat
Feb 9, 2004 2:02 pm
Gotta do a class presentation for my scandinavian studies course on how the runic script evolved and then how it subsequently came to be replaced by the latin...
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konrad_oddsson
Feb 11, 2004 2:41 am
Heill Xigung. ... It may never have seen used as such. Also, one wonders about how Scandinavians before the wiking time understood their location in the world...
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konrad_oddsson
Feb 11, 2004 2:42 am
In my response about norse in norse, I cited the proto-norse word strong in the masculine and weak in the feminine. Instead of just wasting a post on...
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xigung
Feb 11, 2004 2:42 am
Hi Alan!
Strange business with the characters:
What you write in ON comes across unreadable at my end.
The two of us evidently have a relative problem there....
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xigung
Feb 11, 2004 2:46 am
Have you tried Google? I've seen web sites with Bibles in many different languages. It seems like they're all there. But right now I haven't got my old...
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James R. Johnson
modean2525
Feb 11, 2004 3:11 am
Can't we take the modern Icelandic version, change the -ur endings to -r, and nearly have it be ON? Work backwards from what we have? James _____ From:...
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konrad_oddsson
Feb 11, 2004 5:24 am
... to -r, and nearly have it be ON? Work backwards from what we have? ... Simply changing the -ur endings to -r won't due. The reason is that there are many...
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Alan Thompson
alysseann
Feb 11, 2004 1:53 pm
Here's my translation. There were a few lines where I could not fully unravel the syntax/grammar so I will be looking for assistance once all translations are...
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Terje Ellefsen
radiorabia@...
Feb 11, 2004 1:53 pm
This proto-norse is exiting business, Konrad! Have you more? Or are there perhaps some sites on this you would recommend? wes u hal Terje ... ...
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Lazarus Black
lazarus@...
Feb 12, 2004 3:26 am
Can anyone explain definitively why Bugge's compilation of the "Poetic" Edda is more valuable than others? I know that it is a compilation of several different...
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konrad_oddsson
Feb 12, 2004 3:28 am
Heill Terje! ... Yes, I think so too :) I like it because it helps explain norse. Before I started looking at proto-norse, I had a lot of questions about...
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Rig Svenson
rig_svenson
Feb 12, 2004 1:39 pm
Heill Konrad, Can you please define what the word Welga means? Thanks Rig konrad_oddsson <konrad_oddsson@...> wrote: Heill Terje! ... Yes, I think so too...
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xigung
Feb 13, 2004 12:00 am
Hi, I know what a "compiler"; is for computers. (it is a translator from high level programming to low level machine language :) If you look at the (poetic)...
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xigung
Feb 13, 2004 12:01 am
... to -r, ... Hi James, How about changing "you" to "thou"/"thee"; and you'd have Shakespearian English? Try it with your last 10 emails, and see if you think ...
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ordlag_godvegr
Feb 13, 2004 12:01 am
... Hello, Here is a link to the bible in Old Norse: http://www.snerpa.is/net/biblia/biblia.htm I hope this helps. Anthanaric...
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James R. Johnson
modean2525
Feb 13, 2004 5:21 am
I'm simply saying that taking a modern Icelandic Bible and changing it to Old Norse should be relatively easy (or easier than Modern English to Old English),...
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Arlie Stephens
ertla
Feb 13, 2004 5:34 am
... I believe Xigung's point was that the difficulty level is about the same as taking a modern english bible translation, and converting it to Shakespearian...
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xigung
Feb 13, 2004 8:12 pm
... it to ... to Old ... years since ... English of ... Hi James, Thank you for your comment ! You are right that Icelandic has changed much less than English...
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Berglaug Ásmunda...
trynksta
Feb 13, 2004 8:12 pm
nono, that's the bible in icelandic. Not old norse. at all. just plain modern icelandic berglaug ... From: "ordlag_godvegr" <ordlag_godvegr@...> To:...
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Berglaug smundard...
trynksta
Feb 13, 2004 8:12 pm
it wouldn't. the vocabulary of the modern day bible is strewn with words borrowed from other languages, some of those had already been adopted in old icelandic...
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konrad_oddsson
Feb 14, 2004 12:34 am
Heil Berglaug. ... words borrowed from other languages, some of those had already been adopted in old icelandic times, but maybe not old norse times, depending...
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Laurel Bradshaw
llawryf
Feb 15, 2004 2:52 am
En vi ann trna, at ekki veri at eim mnnum, but - with regard to - that - belief - that - no - would happen - to - those - men but (there is) a...
