Re: "Heilsa!" and "Wassail!"

From: Óskar Guðlaugsson
Message: 105
Date: 2000-11-30

Haukur wrote:

> No, no no! :) Wassail isn't a name, it's a type of "good-bye"
> originating in Old English "Wæs hál!", Old Norse "Ves heill!".
>
> Tsk.. tsk.. ;)

Heh. Haukur thought he'd gain an edge on my superior knowledge of
languages by doing some Old English. Seems to have paid off for the
fellow; I should note that in the 13th century ON we're teaching here,
it's "Ver heill" not "Ves...". Let's not be inconsistent, tsk tsk ;)

Anyway, apologies to <anonymous> of the Valfreya Kindred for my
misnomer :)

Óskar

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