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.
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
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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 > > > 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 > > > > A Norse funny farm,
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