Actually, "Laxárósi" is a compound noun.
 
Lax = Salmon
 
á  = river
 
ósi  =  mouth
 
As the bus driver on the route from Hofn (i Hornafirdi) to Reykjavikur told me, there are many "Laxár" 's in Iceland.
 
    Paul
Paul David Hansen
 

 

To: norse_course@yahoogroups.com
From: nielsenjava@...
Date: Wed, 19 May 2010 16:45:40 +0000
Subject: [norse_course] A Rós by any Other Name Wouldn't Translate the Same

 

I see that Alan gave the translation of Láxárósi as
"Salmon-River-Mouth." Grace similarly indicates that it is the mouth of
the river. When I was translating Láxárósi, I had my doubts
when I looked up the "rósi" part of the word and found rós = rose.
However, I since I didn't identify any other likely suspects, that's
what I used, though I marked it as doubtful.

After seeing Grace's and Alan's translations, I was curious to see if
there had been some clue in Z. to alert me that I shouldn't have used
this word. I checked Z. again and noted that it lists the rósi as
feminine and gives the plural form as -ir. I checked the noun chart and
the only feminine word with that plural is a strong feminine noun, and
there is no decension ending in "i," so there is no such possibility
that rósi = rose, even though rós = rose.

Two questions: 1) Does anyone have a faster way to eliminate rósi as
a possible variant of rós?

2) I don't see anything like "rósi" in Z. meaning "mouth." How did
others find it?

Thanks!

Rob




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