Heill Oskar

�akk. That make perfect sence.

Rob

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

> --- In norse_course@..., robert blank
> <sawilagaz@...> wrote:
> > Heil �ll
> >
> > I have a quick question about the verb "koma". It
> is
> > listed in Lesson 3 in the form 'koma, k�m.'
> However,
> > my dictionary "A Concise Dictionary of Old
> Icelandic"
> > has 'koma, kem.' Is this a misprint? or can it
> appear
> > either way?
> >
> I think I'll take the time to try to answer this in
> a non-cryptic
> manner :)
>
> The form 'k�m' is older and used by us, as it
> presents a
> more "logical" case of i-umlaut (o > �). In later
> Icelandic, a great
> many cases of '�' changed to 'e'. The spelling
> reflects this change,
> unlike many other changes, which are not reflected.
>
> The sound change is not peculiar:
>
> '�', pronounced [2] (see pronunciation guides), was
> the _rounded_
> version of 'e' [e]. That is the same relationship as
> there was
> between 'y' [y] and 'i' [i], [y] being a rounded
> [i]. I don't know
> for sure, but I wouldn't be surprised if the change
> [y] > [i]
> happened at the same time as [2] > [e].
>
> But spelling reflects the [2] > [e] change, and not
> the [y] > [i]
> one, which is why the dictionaries have different
> forms.
>
> �skar
>
>
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