I think this is where we left off. Grace Fred and Grace Hatton Hawley Pa Reið Gunnar heim af þingi og situr nú um kyrrt. En þó öfunduðu mótstöðumenn ...
Here´s my translation. I´m afraid I´m a bit rusty. Kveðja Alan Reið Gunnar heim af þingi og situr nú um kyrrt. En þó öfunduðu mótstöðumenn Gunnar...
It's very Good - I am still working on mine - may be late Patricia ... From: llama_nom Date: 02/10/2007 15:17:30 To: norse_course@yahoogroups.com Subject:...
... Or is there? treaty/truce-violator (a violator of treaties) one who reneges on, breaches, breaks, violates, disobeys, defies... ...(peace) agreements,...
I have been on this - all morning and am very dissatisfied with it but am sending in not wanting to "hang about" too long Reið Gunnar heim af þingi og...
... MM & HP have "again and again", but I wonder if it would be enough to translate the clause as "then attack him again", as 'oftar' is often used where we...
... 'bresti' is the present subjunctive 3rd pers. sg. of the verb 'bresta', main meaning "to break". I don't remember meeting this idiom before, but MM & HP's...
Not sure if you all are familiar with the hammer rite.. I don't have pronunciation marks... but the words are "Hamarr i nordhri helga ve thetta ok hald vordh!"...
Too funny! I was busy trying to make bráðast into a verb in the reflexive. No wonder it wasn't in the dictionary. Grace Fred and Grace Hatton Hawley Pa...
v is pronounced w e is pronounced like long a in English r is trilled dh is actually the eth character th as in 'the' Long a in Norse is longer in duration not...
It might be noted that while each heathen is free to develop their own means of practice, the "hammer" rite is a modern device, adapted from the "banishing ...
You are right of course. But I believe the inquiry was for help on pronouncing the Norse, Larry. Regards, Tom Wulf Assoc. Prof. of Information Technology ...
Hamarr í norðri helga vé þetta ok hald vörð! The big question is, when? In Viking times and into the 12th century, probably something like this: All...
Thanks for the detailed analysis! Really appreciated. Regards, Tom Wulf Assoc. Prof. of Information Technology College of Applied Science, University of...
Also, the (simple / unsuffixed) regular imperative singular of 'halda' was 'halt' in Old Norse, although Modern Icelandic has replaced this with 'hald' by...
... In theory maybe. In practice I think most people would in fact say "Nei, ég vil ekki halda vörð - halt þú vörð." I use an example like this because ...
... This part of my description (referring to changes between Old and Modern Icelandic) is unintentionally ambiguous. The 'o' in Modern Icelandic 'og' is long...
Thanks for extra detail, Haukur! I hope I got the rest of pronunciation stuff more or less right... So, it's gone from 'hald' to 'halt' by the final devoicing...
... Yes, it was perfect. I rarely see any reason to comment on your posts because you tend to get everything correct and explain it very clearly. ... Yes....
Me too! Although I obviously question its authenticity, I still am inclined to use this rite, and now the question of pronunciation has been quite nicely ...
I thought I'd check how this looks on the web. Searching for the popular modern phrase "halda kjafti" (to shut up) I get 190 Google hits for "halt þú kjafti"...
To the best of my knowledge, which eye he lost is never specified in the archaic written sources. I could be wrong, of course -- I haven't read the entire...
This will be very late - Don't wait up for me !!!! I have spent all morning and part afternoon at the Hospital - Eye- tests - well - they counted them . Came...
... Well, it's a start... ... Sorry to hear that; hope it clears up soon. ... Nah, just me being lazy as usual. But let me know if there's anything still...
Having problems with message search?
Fill out this form to ensure your group is one of the first to be migrated to the new message search system.
