Re: Question? short answer about 'of'

How would a native Old Icelandic, or Old Norseman say "god of war
and death"? I'm not attempting to be an Icelandic writer or anything,
there are just certain words, or phrases that interest me. Do you
have any suggestions on any books on Icelandic(definitions, proper
sentence structure, pronunciations,etc) Thanks.

> > What is the Old Norse word for "of". For example "God of War and
> 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

your

> coice of words for 'war' and 'death', one could construct the

phrase

> 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.