From: Jay Johnson
Message: 6846
Date: 2006-08-07
>been
> I am trying to translate the phrases "Give me liberty or give me
> death" and "Live free or die", but I have been having a tough time
> finding O.N. translation to the words "me" and "liberty". I have
> through a half dozen dictionaries and do not find a single case offrom
> either; since "me" is a Germanic word, I tried to back-track it
> from modern "me" but Webster only references modern Danish &German. I
> realize that "Liberty" is of latin origin, and know that themodern
> Norwegian equivlent of liberty is "Frihet", i.e. "freedom", whichI
> think likely is borrowed from German "Frieheit", but I can't seemto
> find a propery history in that regard either.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> thokk
>