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norse_course@yahoogroups.com, "kunphuzil" <kunphuzil@...>
wrote:
> I realize now I should have sought out the Old Norse alphabet
order :)
>
http://etext.old.no/gramm/
This is the order given in the First Grammatical Treatise (Fyrsta
Málfrðiritgerðin). The alphabet is listed at the end, with the
vowels first, then the consonants, based largely on the order of the
Latin alphabet. If you look part way down the page you'll see
another list of the consonants with their names, as the author
suggested they should be pronounced.
But the letters used here are different in various ways from how Old
Norse texts are usually printed nowadays. For example, the First
Grammarian used <c> where we would use <k> and a capital <K> where
we would write <kk>. Capital letters represent other geminates
(double consonants) too. This practice was used in other
manuscripts, but some of the other recommendations of the First
Grammarian weren't followed. For example, other scribes didn't mark
the nasal quality of certain vowels, which ceased to be a feature of
the language some time in the 12th century, I think. Other
curiosities, there is a special sign for [Ng], like a crossed 'g'.
The final sign here, the tilde, is an optional abbreviation mark.
Also, note that there's no <ð>. At this time, <þ> was used instead.
Lama Nom