for the mention of the books , Tolkien as the illustrator,
to Gordon's book, - I just went to check, it certainly looks like his
work, I get a Tolkien Calendar/Diary each year, I have to read back over the
books again, to read it once a year - well if Christophe Lee can I will
try.
And thats another url for my Favorites.
I have been delving into the Syntax of Old Norse - Faarlund
(sp) it's very good at explaining things I've been getting lost on, and
I really thing I like Barnes and Faulkes approach better - a New intro to Old
Norse,
> Had it
said vetrinn I would have referred to winter but it did not it said
várit - spring, Am I confused here.
Spring´s right. I only
mentioned "winter" in reference to those examples in
Zoega.
> Gordon gives two examples leið á vetrinn
(Winter)/ or leið á várit (spring) being far spent and since the
text was given leið á várit I chose to say in late
spring.
Yeah, that´s probably what I would have done, or "as it
was getting on towards the end of spring"; "late spring" is good and
clear and to the point.
> My history book
gives some information that the Norsemen traded with Russia, so next
time I shall translate austrveg as the Baltic/Russia
The
kingdom of Russia itself was called 'Garðaríki' "realm of fortified
towns" or just 'Garðar'. There are a couple of sagas which involve
Norsemen acting as mercenaries for one of the early Russian rulers,
Grand Prince Yaroslav (Yngvars saga; Eymundar þáttr). And the hero
of the former is actually mentioned on dozens of Swedish runestones, as
Ingwar, the leader of a viking expedition somewhere out east.
Hilda Ellis Davidson´s book "The Viking Road to Byzantium" has lots of
interesting stuff about Norse activities in this
area.
> I sometimes find people less pleased with
Gordon, actually since I have Zoega and Gordon and the three books by
Barnes and Faulkes, well I have a good team, I find Barnes easier to
study, easier so to say on the brain, I also find that with some terms
the definitions given in all three are much the same, so if it is not in
Zoega which I prefer, I try Barnes, and leave Gordon as
Back-up
Did I already mention the diagrams in Gordon were done by
JRR Tolkien? Or so it says here: