As long as we're on the subject (please feel free
to ignore if I'm getting too far ahead).

--- �skar Gu�laugsson <hr_oskar@...>
wrote:

> heilir ...to a group of men
> heilar ...to a group of women
> heil ...to a mixed group
>
> and perhaps least useful, but conceivable,
>
> heilt ...to a "neuter", perhaps an animal

Does ON have a formal with a separate
conjugation? In German the formal applies to all
strangers, but in English there is only a
"superformal" (when referencing royalty) which is
built simply with the plural - does ON use
something like this, and does it also only apply
to royalty?

What about "diminutive" - does ON have diminutive
(like German "Frau" to "Fraeulein" = "Mrs" to
"Miss") and if so does the gender shift for nouns
in the diminutive? Imagine the female name
"Hilde" becoming "Hildelein" - would the greeting
change (ie "Heil Hilde!" en "Heilt Hildelein!")?



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- DeepStream
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