Re: English to Norse (sword names)

From: Stephen Fryer
Message: 4829
Date: 2005-02-01

xeon_ies wrote:

> By the way, Ull's hall is called Ydalir and it translates to "Yew
> Dales". What are Yews and Dales? Is it some kind of magical morning
> dew or water droplet etc.?

A Yew is a type of coniferous tree, and a dale is a valley. There may
be some symbolic reference in the yew - or it may just be a tree.

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Stephen Fryer
Lund Computer Services

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