for a dictionary to "sink a longship" it would have to be very large very heavy and darned expensive, you certainkly are right here, about the Zoega's distinguishing between the vowels, I found this hardish to follow at first, but it is a good point - true

Patricia

----- Original Message -----

From: chicanechagrin

To: norse_course@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2004 5:20 AM

Subject: [norse_course] Re: dictionary comparison: Cleasby vs. Zoëga

Thanks for the explanation and the links.

If Zoega is less likely to sink my long ship, what makes the Cleasby
Dictionary more likely to sink my long ship? :-)


> 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





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