Sarah, I appreciate the comments, they have been very helpful 8). I did enjoy this (it is a good break from the tedious work of translating and retranslating...
... From: "llama_nom" <600cell@...> ... (=ON binda) 'to bind', as is the Modern English bond. hi there, that's about what i suspected. we still...
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It's superb, but I too couldn't get the sound to function. I'm looking forward to further lessons. Mike Stridmann <stridmann@...> wrote: Dear Sirs! Welcome...
Thank you so much for taking the trouble, Patricia. I am corresponding from the centre of the Arabian Desert: Riyadh, in Saudi Arabia. Just now, the weather is...
http://www.northvegr.org/oldnorse.php This has been copied and pasted for you in lack of anything better, the books quoted are the books I have ordered myself...
... there might be maps that would show where the different tribes were situated, I should much appreciate this Patricia, Good luck. Sorry though I do not have...
Eytomologically According to Vigfusson et al: Gothic bua - to dwell buargs - dwellings, i.e. "city" I remember that citizen is somehow related to bua ...
Thanks! ... ok with you, Ill give it a couple of days before I make any comments just to give others a chance to get their translations posted as well. ... ...
Patricia, I believe eptir means after but I am not sure. ... use of a small dictionary, but apart from speaking some german and having a knowledge of old...
Llama Non, You stated: I think it was JRR Tolkien (or was it?) who once commented on the problems of the word "chieftain" having Amerindian connotations (this...
p.s. bandi, where bndi is supposed to come from, is actually a present participle (of ba). a certain grammatical form of a word can sort of "freeze" into...
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I think it is worth noting the Zoga gives Chief as the definition of Hofdingi, and Hersir, is therein defined as local chief or lord. Patricia ... From: Dirk...
Yes I was told this just now, thanks for your reply that is indeed what is means but also could mean following as in the phrase following summer thanks, ...
Hi Dirk, Etymology can reveal a lot, but isn't always a sure guide to translation. What we're trying to convey is how the word was used and perceived in the...
Hi Mona, ... Originally it was Class VII strong verb, that's to say it had a past tense formed by reduplication like ra 'to row', reri 'rowed'. In Icelandic...
Mona wrote: concerning bndi and bond: i would be careful with gothic, this connection does not sound very logical to me. gothic is a completely different...
... Dirk, The Go. verb cognate with OIc. ba, is bauan 'dwell', from which comes the Go. noun bauains 'dwelling'. Go. baurgs, OIc. borg, etc. are usually...
Heill, Dirk! I believe that höfðingi is derived from höfuð (head), not hof, which is a very common derivation in IE languages (ie. leaders described as a ...
Thanks for the info, Stephen. I've checked the website. It's got a lot of useful links. Mike Stephen Fryer <sfryer@...> wrote: ... I believe the place you...
Hi Dirk! Thanks for the kind words. What little I've learned is a credit to Sarah and Haukur and the others on the list. I really enjoy the translations....
Hi Dirk, Thanks :-) [and flattery will get you everywhere!!] You've got it right this time, well done. Except, bjarndr is not a bear-skin, it's the real...
... mutation. It's true this this disappears due to analogy in some other classes of noun, cf. star, naur, etc. -- but even if the umlaut was lacking in...
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