Hi, I appreciate your response.

I realize now I should have sought out the Old Norse alphabet order :)

Do you know of a recording that pronounces the entire alphabet?

--- In norse_course@yahoogroups.com, Haukur Thorgeirsson
<haukurth@...> wrote:

>
> Hinn 21. nóvember 2005 lét kunphuzil þetta frá sér fara:
> > 1. Hello, my name is Sebastian and I have recently become interested
> > in Old Norse. Languages are my hobby.
>
> Hi, good luck :)
>
>
> > 2. How does one sort þ and ð in the alphabet?
>
> In Icelandic Ð komes after D and Þ comes before Æ ;)
>
>
> > 3. maðr has an irregular declension, does this make a weak

masculine noun?

>
> No. Good question, though.
>
>
> > 4. In exercise 3.1 one of "Old Norse for Beginners" the sentences

reads:

> > "Allir vilja bátinn taka því at Óláfr á hann."
> >
> > Can someone expand more upon the word order for modal auxiliary verbs?
> > The explanation and examples given in section 1.3 seemed to indicate
> > subject + modal + verb + object (No other forms are given in the

examples)

>
> Oh, dear, syntax! Yes, your assumption makes sense. That's the most

natural word order.

>
> Kveðja,
> Haukur
>