Re: Hung. var-oS

From: g
Message: 35378
Date: 2004-12-07

> No. As you can see, the Ø's come through beautifully. Those are O's

O! Aha.

> Jørgensen: Stednavneordbog
> Ur-nordisk
> *aura- > ODa. ø:r 'gravel'
> *aurio: > -ør (monosyllabic in nom.)
> Helsingør, Skælskør (< Skælfisk-), Korsør
> and *auria- nt.
> 'gravelly stretch, gravelly beach'

So, does then to an Ostfriesisch Aurich correspond a Danish Ørich?

> Torsten

Jørgen :^)