The Wend's lived in the region that is now Poland didn't they?
And the Jomsvikings?
I'm 25% polish myself, so have been thinking of taking a peek into the
language, but the epigrapher in me is distracted by the Cyrillic.
-Laz
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> Hello in Lithuania. I'm just a long boat's journey away in Elk, Poland.
Teaching English and learning ON.
> Priviet!
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> Użytkownik fjornir <falconsword@...> napisał:
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> >>I am a new subscriber to this group and would like to introduce
> >>myself. I am an American of Norwegian-American ancestry. After 38
> >>years in parish ministry in Canada and the U.S., I have since 1999
> >>have been serving on the faculty of Evangelical Theology
> >>at the University of Klaipeda, Klaipeda, Lithuania, on the Baltic
> >>coast. I teach Hebrew and Historical and Systematic Theology. My
> >>theological training included work in Latin, Greek, German, and
> >>Syriac, and some reading in Danish, Swedish, and Norwegian - in
> >>addition to a bit of secondary school French.
> >
> >Welcome to the group. Your background is a
> >rather unique one - and quite interesting.
> >From the perspective of historical theology
> >the study of Old Norse certainly has a lot to
> >offer. It is very interesting to see how the
> >old heathen oral literature tradition takes
> >on Christian subjects while maintaining the
> >old heathen forms in many aspects.
> >
> >This strophe from Lilja (The Lily) is well known.
> >The author compares the role of a Christian
> >poet with that of his heathen predecessors.
> >
> >Fyrri menn er froeÄin kunnu
> >forn ok klók af heiÄnum bókum
> >slungin mjĂşkt af sĂnum kóngum
> >sungu lof meÄ danskri tungu.
> >Ă ĹŁvĂlĂku móÄurmĂĄli
> >meir skyldumk ek en nokkurr ĹŁeirra
> >hroerÄan dikt meÄ ĂĄstarorÄum
> >allsvaldanda kóngi at gjalda.
> >
> >Former men who had their wisdom
> >ancient and clever from heathen books
> >sung softly praise for their kings
> >with the Danish tongue.
> >In such a mother tongue
> >it is more my duty than it was any of theirs
> >to pay a passionate poem with words of love
> >to an all-powerfull king.
> >
> >KveÄja,
> >Haukur
> >
> >
> >
> >Sumir hafa kvćÄi...
> >...aÄrir spakmćli.
> >
> >- Keth
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> >Homepage: http://www.hi.is/~haukurth/norse/
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