From the Havamal, #77
Deyr fé, deyja frændr,
deyr sjalfr it sama,
ek veit einn at aldrei deyr:
dómr um dau›an hvern.

trans

Cattle die, kindred die,
thyself shall die the same:
But I know one thing that never dies,
The doom of the great dead.

Thus: "domr"?

Or is that too easy?

Larry

llama_nom wrote:

> Well, I've seen "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" translated into
> Modern Icelandic as 'Indian Jones og musteri óttans' "...and the
> Temple of Fear". But for an Old Norse "Spoon of Doom", how about a
> compound such as:
>
> feikn(a)spánn, -spónn
> feikn(a)skeið
> feikn(a)ausa
>
> 'feikn' means something ominous. Its used to form the compounds:
> 'feiknalið' "terrible host/army", 'feiknaveðr' "fearful weather,
> tempest", and 'feiknstafir' "baleful runes, evils, curses". In some
> of these, an 'a' is added to the end of 'feikn'; the forms with this
> ending mean literally "of [deadful] portents".
>
> 'spónn' and 'spánn' are just two different versions of the same word,
> which means a table spoon or a chip of wood. But I suppose an Old
> Norse speaker might be more likely to think of the "chip of wood"
> meaning here, in the connotation of the chips of wood that were used
> in divination.
>
> 'skeið' is another word with various meanings including "spoon".
>
> 'ausa' is a "ladel".
>
> Llama Nom
>
>
> --- In norse_course@yahoogroups.com, Jessica Wulff <hyndla@...> wrote:
>
>>Hi. I'm not sure if this is an appropriate use of the list, but I
>>hope you'll indulge me. A friend of mine wants to know how to say
>>"Spoon of Doom" in Old Norse as part of her Yule gift to her
>>sweetheart. I've gotten as far as "sponn" for "spoon", but I'm not
>>sure what to use for "doom" that has the modern connotation. I have
>>no idea how to construct "spoon of doom" so that it's grammatically
>>correct.
>>
>>We'd all appreciate any help anyone here would care to give. Thanks!
>>
>>Cheers,
>>Jess
>>
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