Re: 3 Olden Swedish W's and 1 Gutnish 'haizl' - what say ye?

Hinn 26. September 2003 lét konrad_oddsson þetta frá sér fara:

> Here are three Swedish W's from the story of Sancto Erico:
>
> 'Sidhan han hafdhe sigher Wonnit ok han var á sínom boenum...'
> '...ok swá som han var varla doedher, thá Wordho grymi grymare...'
> '...ok hænna fingir váro vaath Wordhin aff hans blódhe...'
>
> What say ye? Are these W's olden or made anew?

I'd say made anew. This 'w' was, as far as we know,
long gone. We have the same thing in Icelandic and
Faroese where wordlings like 'vóð' sometimes rear
their heads.

vaða - (v)óð - (v)óðu - vaðið
vinna - vann - (v)unnu - (v)unnið

We call this 'áhrifsbreyting' but the Latin/Greek word
is 'analogia'.

:)

Haukur