how would someone add the (ing/er) to any word in old norse. i have not been able to find it in any of the books; or links that i know of.
thank you all
Uruzz Tyrburr
--- In norse_course@yahoogroups.com, "Patti (Wilson)" <originalpatricia@...> wrote:
>
> That sounds well. I see it as part of the verb to eat - to follow your
> example - is not
>
> "he eats, the same as he is eating," then maybe it could be said in either
> way
>
> I shall see - if I can find this for you "A New Introduction to Old Norse"
> might have it
>
> Kveðja
> Patricia
>
> -------Original Message-------
>
> From: Doug Erickson
> Date: 25/03/2009 03:05:28
> To: norse_course@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [norse_course] Re: ?
>
> I think I know but I'm too new at this to give an answer;
> Take a verb, "to eat". In english we say the one who is doing the verb is
> the "eater" and the action can be described as "eating". So how does "eat"
> become "eater" or "eating"?
>
> --- On Tue, 3/24/09, bmscotttg <BMScott@...> wrote:
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>
> From: bmscotttg <BMScott@...>
> Subject: [norse_course] Re: ?
> To: norse_course@yahoogroups.com
> Received: Tuesday, March 24, 2009, 8:36 AM
>
>
> --- In norse_course@yahoogroups.com, "warcharger2000"
> <warcharger2000@> wrote:
>
> > Ássa or Ása: which one would be the proper pluralization for the
> > term gods,
>
> As Eyja said, the nominative plural of <Áss> is <Æsir>. <Áss> is a
> u-stem, so it forms its plural in <-ir>, which triggers i-mutation
> of the root vowel if that's possible, and the i-mutation of <á> is
> <æ>.
>
> > and how does the (ing) or (er) appear at the end of a word.
>
> Not sure what you're asking here.
>
> Brian
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