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Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2005 10:06
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Subject: [norse_course] 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.
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> From: Patricia
> To: norse_course@yahoogroups.com
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Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2005 12:19 AM
> Subject:
[norse_course] Hmmmm this book by Anthony Faulkes
>
>
> 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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