[Ansteorra] Old Norse Pronunciation help
Richard Culver
rbculver at sbcglobal.net
Thu Jul 7 13:17:20 PDT 2011
Mistresses Gunnvor and Brynhildr are many times more capable, but I can extend my best.
From: Asgard Farms <daria at asgardfarms.com>
sit!
hald! very close to German or Modern English "halt"
Ligg! pronounced like it reads, like in goddess name Frigg
fo'tr would be foht-r. The "oh" is like the o in obey and the -r can be a source of argument but closest in English to just an "er" sound. Modern Icelandic is fo'tur which might shape how it comes out.
morna, like morn in morning plus -a
Still not my strong suit as I prefer West Germanic languages.
Wihtric se anhagaTrying to figure out how to say....
sitja
halda
Liggja
fótr
morna
[Wihtric] Understanding that these are meant to be commnds for a pet to follow, you would need the imperative forms, which with-ja ending verbs generally drops them, if I understand my grammar sources correctly, thus:
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