[Ravensfort] Questions about viking names

James Northfolke ldjamesnorthfolke at gmail.com
Fri May 14 06:01:29 PDT 2010


you know, copy and paste this  ;)



On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 1:31 AM, Dominique Epps
<blueingreen at sbcglobal.net>wrote:

> Cool pronunciation hints!  It would be nice if you could write an article
> on the subject for the Quoth, hint hint...
> Domai
>
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> *From:* HerrDetlef <herrdetlef at gmail.com>
> *To:* Keely Disman <kdisman at gmail.com>
> *Cc:* Ravensfort at lists.ansteorra.org
> *Sent:* Thu, May 13, 2010 2:42:15 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [Ravensfort] Questions about viking names
>
> A note about some of the weird characters in Old English that might also
> appear in Old Norse.
>
>
> Æ æ --this symbol is known as the "ash", and it represents in Old English
> the sound "a" as in "ash".
>
>
>
> Ð ð --this symbol is known as the "eth", and it represents in Old English
> the sound "th" as in "weather" and "with".
>
>
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> Þ þ --this symbol is known as the "thorn", and it also represents in Old
> English the sound "th" as in "weather" and "with".
>
>
>
> A couple other symbols that are found in OE manuscripts that are not
> included on the MSWord list of symbols:
>
>
>
> The symbol known as "wynn" looks like a "p", but the loop doesn't quite
> connect back to the descender. It represents the sound "w" in "water". The
> most familiar example I can think of is in the word "Hwæt", the first word
> in the poem "Beowulf". In the Nowell Codex, the "w" sound is represented
> with a wynn. It looks like "HPÆT".
>
>
>
> The symbol known as the "yogh" looks like a cross between a "g" and a "y",
> and it represents the consonant sound "y" as in "yet".
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> One of these days, I really would like to learn Icelandic. At least learn
> how to read it. The rules are slightly different from Old English, similar
> enough to tease but different enough to frustrate.
>
>
>
> Peace again,
>
> Detlef
>
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