From: Jens Persson
Message: 2271
Date: 2002-11-08
--- In norse_course@..., simonfittonbrown@... wrote:
> This would seem to be Old Faroese for sheep letter.
>
> Does anybody know of any cognates in Old Norse, Modern Icelandic or
Swedish
> for the first part of this compound, please?
>
> This is also an interesting link for the new course:
>
> http://www.tourist.fo/gb/tourism/themes/theme3/theme_3.htm
>
> The Seyðabrævið, or Sheep Letter, is a compilation of laws
governing Faroese
> agriculture promulgated by Hákon of Norway on 28 June 1298. There
are only
> ......
>
> Cheers,
>
> Simon