LOL  I feel the same way.  I've tried to get a handle on learning the language myself and when I tried the 'beginners' course, I quickly felt my brain groan and turn to oatmeal.  I don't think I will EVER be able to learn it.

Robin

 "James R. Johnson" <modean52@...> wrote:

I can say that the "Sig" in Sigyn is cognate with "sige" in Old English, where the word means "victory."
 
James
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Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 5:22 PM
Subject: Re: [norse_course] Isn't there anyone out there?...must must must read, everyone!!! you too, konrad.

Hi Teja,

On Mon, Mar 31, 2003 at 02:12:11PM -0800, Teja Johnson-Lewis wrote:
>
> Hi ya, everybody in the norse course groups!
>
> Now, I'm not going to sit here and delete messages that I don't
> understand.  All this stuff is very brilliant and all, BUT I just
> don't get it.  I think all the people like me are in hiding, scared
> to feel silly, but then again...what do you think I am??

Certainly much of the material that's been posted recently is not
suitable for beginners. The only solution to that, however, would
be for beginners to do more posting.

> All you people like Erin (not trying to pick on you!) who are lurking,
> think of anything to say.  We have the linguists, but I'm more into
> mythology and the poems and stories.  The language is cool, too, but
> it's just way over my head.

No. This is a _language_ list, not a mythology list. The mythology
is only relevant in a context of language translation.

Yes, I'm speaking as a moderator here.

> Consider all this, please.
>
> And now, I ask a question: my favorite character from the myths, Loki,
> poses a lot of questions.

[several questions snipped]

Postings responding to this will be refused by the moderators, unless
they are either in a Scandinavian language (whereupon they count as
language practice) or directly address sources and their translation.

> Also:  Sigyn means "victory-giver": why???!!!!

This is a language question, or can reasonably be addressed as one.
Off the top of my head, "Sig" is a common element in words related
to victory; I don't know how one would get "giver" from "gyn", but
of course I'm looking at the name in conventional English spelling,
not the norse version. (I'm also pretty much a language amateur;
this may be obvious to many other list memebers.)

--
Arlie

(Arlie Stephens                                            arlie@...)


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