> in Frith Patricia
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: chicanechagrin
> To: norse_course@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 2:15 AM

> Is it useful to use both dictionaries, since I read that

Zoëga's

> dictionary is an abridgement of Cleasby's dictionary. Did

Zoëga add

> anything new or different to his dictionary?

One advantage to Zoega is that it distinguishes certain vowels --
<æ> from <oe>, and <ø> from <ö> -- which later fell together.

One very minor trouble is that it is sometimes a little inconsistent
in ordering letters. Usually, short vowels come before the
corresponding long vowels, but I've occasionally met pages where no
separation is made. Not a huge problem though.

One boon: Zoega is less likely to sink your longship.

Llama Nom

PS. Some Norse dictionaries online:

http://www.northvegr.org/zoega/index002.php?
PHPSESSID=2bc83bc631bdf9aac06c4039ba979f8b
http://www.ling.upenn.edu/~kurisuto/germanic/language_resources.html
http://www.koeblergerhard.de/publikat.html
http://www.dok.hf.uio.no/perl/search/search.cgi?appid=86&tabid=1275