[Ravensfort] Questions about viking names

[HerrDetlef]

I think I could be cool with that :-)

On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 8:01 AM, James Northfolke <
ldjamesnorthfolke at gmail.com> wrote:

> you know, copy and paste this  ;)
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>  On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 1:31 AM, Dominique Epps <
> blueingreen at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
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>>    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.
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>> Æ æ --this symbol is known as the "ash", and it represents in Old English
>> the sound "a" as in "ash".
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>> 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".
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>> A couple other symbols that are found in OE manuscripts that are not
>> included on the MSWord list of symbols:
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>> 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".
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>> 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.
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>> Peace again,
>>
>> Detlef
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