Re: Hmmmm this book by Anthony Faulkes (hooked o)

Patricia,

A lot of books/editions/texts spell both "hooked o" and <ø> as in
Modern Icelandic: <ö>. In certain words though, <ø> later became
<e>, and is so spelt in some editions of Old Norse texts too.

kømr > kemr "comes" (modern: kemur)
øfstr > efstr "highest, last"
gøra > gera "do"

søkkva > sökkva "sink"
hj(hooked-o)rr > hjörr

When texts that do make a difference between "hooked o" and <ø> are
transcribed and put on the internet, the "hooked o" is often
represented by <ö>, which seems logical, as this letter would
otherwise be sitting around doing nothing, so:

søkkva > sökkva "sink"
hjörr > hjörr

The letter <ø> is the result of u/w-mutation of earlier /e/. While
hooked-o is the u/w-mutation of earlier /a/. If that helps...

Similarly the ligature <oe> appears as <æ> in a lot of editions of
Old Norse texts, especially on the the internet, just as in the
modern language. Cleasby & Vigfusson spell both <æ>. Zoega
distinguishes them, but doesn't separate them alphabetically--which
is handy for looking up if you're not sure which it is.

Llæma Nöm




--- In norse_course@yahoogroups.com, "Sarah Bowen" <sarahbowen@...>
wrote:

> Hi Patricia,
>
> Yes, it doesn't seem to matter what software a computer uses -

none of us seem able to find the ON "o" with a little squiggle
underneath. Like you, I use ø instead when posting up passages from
Auðun.

>
> Kveðja,
> Sarah.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Patricia
> To: norse_course@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2005 12:19 AM
> Subject: [norse_course] Hmmmm this book by Anthony Faulkes
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>
> EDDA - Skáldskaparmál and volume two which is the Glossary and

Index of names.

> my PC does the "strange little letters" like á ð etc, but in

this book here I have a little o with a wiggle underneath it
t'would be a cedilla maybe well PC don't do that, could I use ø
instead, or would it look daft, any advice gratefully received

> Patricia
> The character map has cedilla thingies for other letters wonder

why not the o

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