Hey Laurel,

You know what they say, "ignorance is bliss"!!! And the quickest way to
learn is certainly by your own mistakes!

Cheers,
Sarah.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Laurel Bradshaw" <llawryf@...>
To: <norse_course@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2003 4:17 PM
Subject: Re: [norse_course] Hrafenkell 2 / Sarah


> Sarah wrote:
>
> On the line...
> Við þetta var lengt nafn hans ok kallaðr Freysgoði,
> > Because of that he lengthened his name and was called Frey’s chieftain,
> I had "lengt" as an adverb, making the sentence
> "As a result of this, for a long time he was also known as Frey´s
> chieftain".
>
> Well, you could be right, but because of the construction "var lengt", I
> took this to be not the adv. but a form of the verb "lengja" = to lengthen
>
> Great job taking on the corrections. (I wouldn't dare!)
>
> Laurel
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