----- Original Message -----
From: "Haukur Thorgeirsson" <haukurth@...>
To: <norse_course@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, September 29, 2003 2:48 AM
Subject: Re: [norse_course] Jed - Hrafnkell, lines 19-46


> > Við þetta var lengt nafn hans ok kallaðr Freysgoði,
>
> I'd say:
>
> "By this his name was lengthened and
> [he was] called Freyr's priest."
>
> Or less literally:
>
> "Because of this event he got a byname
> and was called Freyr's priest."
>
> lengja - lengdi - lengt = to lengthen, extend
>
> Kveðja,
> Haukur

Haukur,

Thanks for the info. But if 'lengt' means 'lengthened', how would you say
'for a long time'

>Cheers

Jed
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