Re: Ben

From: Selvarv Stigard
Message: 765
Date: 2001-02-13

I wrote:
>>well, now I'm curious if it's related to the
>>Norwegian-Danish-Swedish "ben", which means
>>"leg" or "bone"?

Haukur replied:
>I do not think so. That will be "bein".

um - yeah *smacks head* - I was looking for a double meaning, similar to
the multiple definitions of "arm" in English, and didn't think it through.
nevermind...

-Selv

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