--- In norse_course@egroups.com, Shoshana and Rex Jemison
<shoshana@...> wrote:

> I have just received a letter indicating that one of our about to

retire

> SCA queens wishes to use the title Greifynja, which the alternate

titles

> list gives as the Old Norse equivalent of Countess.
>
> Is this correct? And if so, could someone provide me with an
> English-equivalent pronunciation guide, including which syllable

gets the

> emphasis?

"Greifynja" = Countess is correct. In modern pronunciation it's
pronounced (English approximation) grave-in-ya, first syllable
stressed; SAMPA ['krEivIJA]; the ON pronunciation cannot be
approximated to English (because of the 'y'), but in SAMPA it's
['grEivyJA].

Óskar