Saell Eysteinn
With these remarks of yours on the Scottish Dialect words - I can feel the wheels
of thought going round - oh my the clanking sound of it, I am wondering if there are
so many words still alive in Scotland that originated in Old Norse - for ever since
I first started with the group I have seen so many that relate to English words.
And so many of the Islands - besides the Orkney's - were once occupied by or traded
with the Norsemen
Kveðja
Patricia
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--- "llama_nom" wrote: > Bizarre... I keep spotting minor things, mainly erratic use ofThis must be in the original, as it is also in the Icelandic version. However, there seems to be some vague relevance here. Consulting ÁBM, under 'þola', he does mention the Gothic cognate, and relates both to an IE root meaning "lift, bear" which also appears in the Latin tollere 'lift', and tolerare 'bear'. The semantic fields of verbs meaning "lift" and verbs meaning "tolerate, endure" seemingly intersect to a large degree. Holding something up in the air and keeping it there is a feat of endurance. "I can't bear this". In Scotland, I've heard them say "I can't thole it". But how this relates to the function of the "þulr" is anybody's guess, since Simek chooses not to explain his train of thought here. Maybe the þulr had to hold a copy of the Codex Regius aloft while he recited the complete Hávamál? Ouch! ;-) E. | |||
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