Thanks a lot.

--- Haukur Thorgeirsson <haukurth@...> wrote:

> > What was the pronunciation in Old Norse for the
> 'sk' cluster,
>
> Probably just [sk] but perhaps with a palatal before
> fronted
> vowels [sc]. Never as a single fricative as in
> English 'ship'
> nor as an affricate like in English 'chip'. The word
> 'skip'
> was pronounced [scip] - i.e. closer to English
> 'skip' than
> 'ship'.
>
>
> > and the rune symbols 'thorn' and 'eth?
>
> Unvoiced and voiced dental fricatives respectively.
>
>
>
> > Does anyone know haow vowel lengh was marked in
> the runic alphabet?
>
> Usually not at all.
>
> Kve�ja,
> Haukur
>

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