On 12/2/09, bmscotttg <BMScott@... net> wrote:

 

--- In norse_course@ yahoogroups. com, "wolff000" <jmgwilson@.. .> wrote:

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> One the side of Mjolnir, it says "Whosoever holds this hammer, if
> he be worthy, shall possess the power of Thor".

> I would like to engrave this in Norse instead of English. I
> started to do a word for word translation and quickly realized
> how foolish that was.

I may be able to do better after I think about it a bit more, but
for a first crack I might suggest

Þórs mátt hefr hverr er heldr hamar þenna, ef mættr sé.

Fairly literally, that's 'Whosoever holds this hammer has Thor's
might, if (he) be worthy'.

Brian