From: Valek
Message: 2995
Date: 2003-04-15
> > What is the Old Norse word for "of". For example "God of War andyour
> Death"
>
> The cognate word is 'af', but it is never used in this way. You can
> not say 'god AF death' in Norse. Norse tends to prefer genitive- or
> stem-compound constructions in such situations. 'af' does not mean
> the same thing in Norse as in English.
>
>
> god is ass, war is ofridr, ok is and, and death is daudi, is
> > that correct? But I can find the Old Norse word for "of". Can
> anyone help me. Thanks.
>
> Norse has many words for 'war' and 'death'. Remember that you are
> thinking in English and making assumptions about Norse when you ask
> a question like 'can I find the Old Norse word for "of"'. Using
> coice of words for 'war' and 'death', one could construct thephrase
> as follows: 'goð ófriðar ok dauða'(god of unpeace and death) - but
> this phrase has a very non-Norse ring to it, at least to my ears.
>
> Regards,
> Konrad.