Re: *dan-

I said:

> > Denmark is a sand-dune blown from the Atlantic, and then,
>> blown the other way from the Baltic. As with Himmelberg.
> >
> > This is not to say that 'dune' and 'Denmark' are
> > etymologically related.
> >
> > Mark.
>
> Himmelbjerg. And Ødegaard means "deserted farm" in Danish.
> Is this why you have this detailed knowledge of Danish
> topography?
>
> Torsten

My knowledge of Denmark is not that detailed, but describing it as a
sand-dune is not inaccurate. Denmark is mostly flat, quite sandy, and
well-breezed. Dairy country.

Heaven-mount, Himmelbjerg, is about 200 meters/600 feet. A splendid
prospect, but by no definition save a Danish one is it a 'mountain'.

Your translation of my last name is polite. 'Abandoned farm' is
better. 'Junkyard' comes closer, tho' in English this always refers
to where ugly wrecked cars are strewn. The Norse sense is a junky
wrecked farmstead.