Re: My first post

Hi Carlos,

Your English is pretty good actually! I made a few corrections below,
if you're interested, but it all made perfect sense.

> Howling wolf (þytrulfr ? I´m not sure)

The 'r' in 'þytr' is an inflectional ending, indicating the nominative
singular. It wouldn't be included if þyt- was used as the first part
of a compound word. I can't think of any similar names in Old Norse
sources, so I'm note sure how convincing this would be.

> Black wolf (svartulfr)

Svartúlfr looks fine to me, although I don't know if there is any
record of this exact name being used in Old Norse times.

> Dark wolf (dark as deep color)

Besides Kveldúlfr "evening wolf", which Patricia mentioned, Jarpúlfr
('jarpr' means "reddish brown") and Korpúlfr ("raven wolf") occur in
runic inscriptions. Other adjectives meaning dark: myrkr (e.g.
nighttime), døkkr (e.g. hair). They loose the 'r' when they are the
first element of compounds.

> Lone wolf (?)

Einúlfr, -ólfr. I'm not sure if this is recorded anywhere in Old
Norse or later Icelandic sources, but Einulf was current in early
medieval England and could well be a borrowing from Old Norse. It
occurs in documents from East Anglia in the 12th century, from
Warickshire around 1200, and there is a place called Ainsdale in
Lancashire which may derive from this name.

LN

--- In norse_course@yahoogroups.com, "hygwulf1" <hygwulf1@...> wrote:
>
> Heill !
>
> My name is Carlos Corbella. I have been member for some time, but I
> haven´t posted yet, I normally read English, and I write it horribly,
> but I need help; my Old Norse is worse than my English. Some 10 years
> ago when I chose the name "Hygwulf" I was totally mislead; my source
> was very bad, and now I know that not only is it misspelled, but the
> concept is erroneous. I´d like to change it but I don´t want to be wrong
> again, and so I´m asking for your help.
>
> I´m thinking of three possibilities:
>
> Howling wolf (þytrulfr ? I´m not sure)
>
> Black wolf (svartulfr)
>
> Dark wolf (dark as deep color)
>
> Lone wolf (?)
>
> I have a logo, a wolf howling at the moon; that´s why I want something
> so that I don´t have to change it, and I need a domain name, so some
names
> are better than others.
>
> I want to apologise - my english is really bad - and to thank you in
advance
> for your help.
>