I t strikes me that in Älvdalska, they say 'ûor' (=our), i.e. with a
nasalization.

/Arnljotr


--- In norse_course@yahoogroups.com, "konrad_oddsson"
<konrad_oddsson@...> wrote:

> 'For the examples given of the nasal vs. oral distinction this
> appears from the etymology of each form as follows:
>
> (Note: nasal are within paranthesis; long vowels not indicated)
>
> H(A)R 'shark' *hanhaR, cf. Skt. shankú- 'stick, water animal'; but
> HAR 'hair' *hâra, cf. OHG OS hâr, OE h´ær.
>
> R(O)(hooked o)'corner' *wranhô (cf. Sw. vrå), cf., with alternation
> according to Verner's Law, OIcel. rong (hooked o) *wrang-, OE wrang
> (a), cf. Mod. Engl. wrong 'twisted'; but RO (hooked o) 'yard'

*rahô,

> cf. Sw. rå, MHG rahe.
>
> Þ(E)L 'file' *þinhlô/*finhlô, cf. OHG fîhala, OE fêol, fîl, cf.

Skt.

> pimsháti 'hews out, carves'; but ÞEL 'woollen nap' probably *þela,
> cf. OE þel 'a plank, plate,' Skt. talam 'surface, level, palm'.
>
> F(E)R (hooked e) 'conceives' *fanhiR, cf. OIcel.inf. fá, Goth.
> fahan, OHG OS fâhan, OE fôn *fanhan, cf., with alternation

according

> to Verner's Law, past part. OIcel. fengenn (cf. also Lat. pangô);
> but FER (hooked o) 'sheep' *fahaz - PIE *pokos, cf. Gk. pêkos,

pôkos

> 'wool, fleece'.
>
> I 'in' *in, cf. Goth. OHG OS OE in; but ISA 'ice floes'(acc. pl.)
> *îsanz, cf. OHG OS OE îs.
>
> (O)RAR 'our' (fem.pl.) *unrôR *unzarôz (My Note: oblique case of

the

> reflexive pronoun - Proto-Norse adjective would be *unsaraR mas.sg.)
> cf. Goth. unsar, OHG unsêr, OS unsa; but ORAR 'madness' *wôrôR, cf.
> OHG adj. wuorag, OS wôrag, OE wêrig (Mod. Engl. weary).
>
> (Ö)RA 'younger' (neut.) *junhiRô, cf. Goth. juhiza, and, with
> alternation according to Verner's Law, OIcel. ungr, Goth. juggs,

OHG

> OS jung, OE geong; but ÖRA 'to vex' *wôrian, cf. orar above.
>
> Þ(U)AT 'pressed' *þunh-; but ÞU 'thou' *þû, cf. Goth. þu, Lat. tu,
> etc..
>
> S(Y)NA 'to show' *siunian, cf. OIcel. sión, Goth. siuns; whereas
> SYNA 'laps,' as a gen. pl. of the weak fem. *sýia, must go back to
> *siujônô (cf. Goth.gen.pl. in -ono of fem. n-stems), with the root
> vowel separated from the nasal consonant by the intervening -jô-.'
>
> Seeing these etymologies should underscore the importance of this
> type of modern linguistic research to the accurate phonological
> representation of Old Norse. Given the advances that have been made
> in this type of research, we should one day be able to achieve the
> following: 1) produce a dictionary and printed texts in Old Norse
> where nasality is indicated by regular and elegant means 2) produce
> a standardized ancestor for Old Norse for comparative and literary
> purposes, one which would be a tremendous help in understanding why
> Old Norse is the way it is and why it is sometimes so confusing and
> difficult to learn.
>
> Regards,
> Konrad.