From: Laurel Bradshaw
Message: 4468
Date: 2004-10-25
----- Original Message -----From: PatriciaSent: Sunday, October 24, 2004 5:12 PMSubject: Re: [norse_course] I am learningBear with me Sarah, I have not started the course of learning yet but I have German, which I am told should help and some of the Old English, so if I can merely get the Gist of this I can see I'm pointed in the right direction, so I shall then put bits in brackets that I cannot tell, and I'll order a copy of a good dictionary through AmazonA man named Audun west (firther) of Kin and (guessing - poor) he fared out west of the Fjords with(Umraði) of Thorstein, a good bondsman and Thorir the Steersman (or Captain) he had (work) throughout the winter with Thorstein.Auðun was also there and working for (honum - like enim in Latin say - that same) ThorirAnd then this reward from him (out travel) and his (umsja - care - food)He Auðun laid most of (hluta ? wealth) (fjar) that there was for his mother,Before he stood on ship it was settled as three years work,And the last bit was slightly guess work, if it can only be said I have gotten the basics of it, then it is worth going through the whole course that I have, and getting the dictionary from Amazon, I only wanted to try. Currently I have varying degrees of skill (Very Varying) in the following Languages, English, French, German, Old English/Chaucer, Latin, little Spanish (un poquito no de mas) and I think that is about it, I must count English because it was not the first language I spoke, but I can teach is to children, once I did remedial work.I hope I have not wasted your time in writing to me