Re: Talaðr vel á æfingar

From: Anþanareiks
Message: 1236
Date: 2001-06-07

it is true that in
> English the combination "spoken excercises" would work.
> But I am less sure if it would work in Old Norse.
> My guess is that in ON you would use the infinitive of
> the verb and then combine your two elements into ONE
> word, thus: "talaæfingar". Or maybe even "töluæfingar"?
> Or how about "málæfingar"? It is really very difficult to
> decide without the help of a very comprehensive dictionary.
> (which I don't have with me now)
>
> Here is my suggestion:
>
> "Meir um málæfingar"


Heill Keþ!
I agree with you on this.
speaking exercises would be conjoined.


máli means to speak a language
máli við e-n, to speak to
mælast fyrir, to speak

Meirr would be comparative while vel would be more
Messed up on vel which means well, it was from memory.

Meir um málæfingar

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I would prefer tala

tala means to talk, to speak.
talaðr, spoken, speaking, talaðr vel, a good speaker.

siðan töluðu þeir leyniliga ráðagörð sina
after that they talked over their plans by themselves.


Meir um töluðræfingar

Is there an umlaut here æ as in u.




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