Re: Old Norse to Norman

From: Patti (Wilson)
Message: 9154
Date: 2008-04-09

Hey Dann - that looks useful - I like the name Kveldulf - probably because it is
Egil Skallagrimsson's Grand-Dad's name - didn't it come to light in the Saga
Egil really took after the Old  Man
Thank you for the Links - I'll get them up into Firefox - Tabbed Browsing with the Lid off
Kveðja
Patricia 
 
-------Original Message-------
 
Date: 09/04/2008 14:05:14
Subject: Re: [norse_course] Old Norse to Norman
 
I stumbled into a web site that has the old Norse word, modern English meaning, and the Norman-French word that came from the old Norse.

http://www.viking.no/e/france/norman_on_words.htm

It might help  with some skewed word meanings, for example:
Kveldulfr  => evening wolf  => man hunting love

Dann

"Patti (Wilson)" <originalpatricia@...> wrote:
Thanks indeed - I am bound to agree with Grace here - a valuable contribution to the translations I have
Njal - with his highly convoluted sentences and legalese - has been driving me Crazy 
Kveðja
Patricia
 
-------Original Message----- --
 
Date: 09/04/2008 11:51:21
Subject: [norse_course] Thanks, Alan!
 
Had been wondering how to translate that bit!
Grace
 
Alan wrote:
"Eftir það leiddi Skafti Þóroddsson í lög fimmtardóm og allt þetta er nú
var
After that Skafti Þórodd's-son exclaimed 'what in god´s name has the
crazy old man been rattling on about' but nevertheless pronounced the
Fifth-Court into law and all this which now was
 
talið (telja).
set-forth."
 
 
Fred and Grace Hatton
Hawley Pa
 
 
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