Re: [tied] Ragnvalðr or Rögnvalðr?

Thank you very much, Piotr.

Beekes in his "Introduction..." mentions (at page 67) that the Old
Norse <o,> was _long_ open rounded back vowel, so Old Russian /a/
would be expected as a best-fit substitute -- it was that moment that
put me into trouble. On the other hand, <o,> could well had lost it's
longevity/tenseness in the 9th c., so it would work indeed.

Sergei

--- In cybalist@..., "Piotr Gasiorowski" <gpiotr@...> wrote:
> <ragn-> and <rögn->/<rægin-, regin-> are variants of the same
morpheme: a different dialectal version of the same name (Runic
rahnualtr, raknualt), developed into Reginald. The normal form in Old
Swedish would have been Ragnvaldr. Note, however, that what's written
<ö> (or <o,>) in Old Norse dialects is not a front rounded vowel but
an open rounded back vowel ([O]), so in fact either would work in
your case.
>
> Piotr