--- In norse_course@yahoogroups.com, simonfittonbrown@... wrote:

> Gledileg J�l �llum fyrirfram!
>
> If any kind soul out there feels like giving me a linguistic

Christmas present, I've been trying to work out which Old English
(but also Modern English would be very useful) vowels correspond
with which Old Norse and Icelandic vowels.

I've been working on this too, as it relates to a translation project I'm working on (OE poem).

I am such a beginner in ON, but  I'd love to help if I can since I'm a little bit more familiar with OE.  I've also been wrestling around with this issue for awhile now (OE to ON)

>The common ancestor of OE and ON is called NWG (North West Germanic).

From what I have been able to glean thus far from the scholars who
work in this field, OE and ON were the same tongue (or damn near so)
LESS than 2000 years ago!>

Can you direct me in the direction of any source material on this please?

Thank you.

Heather Danaher

 

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