brigða (-ða, -ðr), v. (1) to try to recover (lost property) by lawful procedure (b. land, fé); (2) with dat. to annul, make void (b. kaupi, dómi, sáttmali); b. e-m frelsi, to revoke one's liberty.

How about:

<eptir þetta skulum vér endrbœta ættjörð óra>

Alternatives to "repair, restore" being "renew, repeat" and perhaps other compounds with this prefix [ http://norse.ulver.com/dct/zoega/e.html ]. is used of the earth in an early Old Norse text called Hómilíubók (Homily Book) when it's "restored" and "made new" after the Biblical flood.

Alternatives to <ættjörð óra> being <ættjörð vára>, <ættland órt>, <ættland várt>.

LN

--- In norse_course@yahoogroups.com, Sveinn Fjölnirsson <sveinnfjolnirsson@...> wrote:
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> Subject: [norse_course] Using Old Norse in a story
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> Hello, I'm new to... well, yahoo groups in general, so I have no idea what I'm doing. Please correct me if I'm doing something wrong...
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