Re: Njall 63 - thanks, LN, also question about hvort used to begin

--- In norse_course@yahoogroups.com, "Fred and Grace Hatton"
<hatton@...> wrote:

>

[...]

> We have seen this sort of formulation several times before:
> "Hvort nam eg þig eða eigi?"
>
> and it seems to me to be very similar to the colloquial usage in

German of

> "ob" to introduce a question.
>
> "Ob Du moechtest.....?" There is sort of an implied "Tell me" or "I

would

> like to know."

Ah yes, and often with 'wohl': 'Ob es wohl möglich ist...' "I wonder
if it's possible..."; 'Ob sie wohl kommt' "I wonder if she'll come".

LN