... From: AThompson To: norse_course@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 9:50 AM Subject: RE: [norse_course] Hrafnkell 694-720 Here’s the next...
This was what I sent out but for some unknown reason it was cut short at the end and when it was accepted - I feel it should have been accepted in it's...
This is a shortened copy of my translation and I have sent a copy of what I originally sent please use the corrected copy not this one ... From: Patricia To:...
I am going to copy and past the original version of what I sent up, and I would appreciate an explanation of why my work is being curtailed, just as I was...
Hi there, Some guesses: "FáSkipt-inn": Few dealings (he the one): I reckon loner rather than quiet describes the man as "þögull" is quiet. StýriMann you...
"Skyldur honum": related to him: connected by kinship or marriage. "Skuldbundinn honum": bound to him by debt or obliged to him. Válaði or misery (poverty)...
Here’s my translation and grammar notes. A second opinion on underlined text would be most appreciated. bragð: (l. 710) I initially took this ‘sudden...
Grace Comments inserted as usual. Re: ‘sem mest’, your explanation seems reasonable to me, but then if you took ‘sem’ out of the sentence would you...
From Alan's translation Here's my translation and grammar notes. A second opinion on underlined text would be most appreciated. bragð: (l. 710) I initially...
Hi there Patricia, Relatives we name "SkyldMenni" we say they are "skyld" okkur he is "skyldur" , she is "skyld" and the chilren is "skylt. "Skylda" is...
Hi there Alan, "Að bregðast við" means to react to But "bregast somebody" means to let him down. Here the vast majority of my country men to day take "Bragð"...
Just a test. ... [norse_course] Re: Regarding Alan's comment on his transla Just a test. Hi there Alan, Maðurinn er mikið vinsælli (en hinn maðurinn):...
Thank you, Alan! I thought the sentence from Zoega was the same, but perhaps not? Zoega has þórólfr lét setja upp skip sitt ok um b. and translates it as...
... Hi Alan, "sem" is also a word of comparison: "red as blood" = rauðr sem blóð "[during] day as well as night" = dögum sem nóttum "[they] killed as...
According to Cleasby & Vigfússon "Ls. 19 is corrupt, so that there is no evidence for the word fjörg -- gods." I don't know what the actual manuscript says,...
Thanks a bundle Peter, that is very satisfactory, my translation was not so very bad after all I have C&V on order and should shortly have it in my possession ...
... light on the following 9th and 10th century skaldic verses? I'm particularly interested in the different contexts in which the word víkingr or víking is...
The more archaic spelling is useful for beginners. It makes clear certain etymologies and connections between words that later become less apparent; it's...
Hi there, For blundering? ör,-var (female): an arrow; ör,-s,(Neutral or both): a scar; ör (adj): quick (we use also kvik for alive) ör-end is she that is...
Thank you Uoden for that contribution it has cleared up a point for me Kveðja Patricia ... From: Blanc Voden To: norse_course@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday,...
... From: AThompson To: norse_course@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, April 07, 2006 11:11 AM Subject: RE: [norse_course] Hrafnkell 721-743 Here’s the next...
My husband, who built our house and much of its furnishings, suggested that 'buá um' regarding a ship drawn up on shore in the last translation could be ...
Ouch I notice too many typos, I thought I'd caught them all I shall have to learn to save sending until later - when my eyes are not so tired from poring over...
Hi there, "Að þvo" is to clean by use of liquid (water) or just to wash. Brainwash is to "heilaþvo" I wash: "Ég þvæ" We wash: "Við þvoum" The past has...
Thanks Uoden, as soon as I saw that, I went to check on Zoega and sure enough the mistake I made I could easily see when I found the page I had looked under...
Hi, I was wondering something about the lessons. On the website (http://www.hi.is/~haukurth/norse/), there are 9 lessons listed - 6 in the first unit, 3 in the...
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