<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif;font-size:12pt"><div>Cool pronunciation hints! It would be nice if you could write an article on the subject for the Quoth, hint hint...<br>Domai<br></div><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> HerrDetlef <herrdetlef@gmail.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Keely Disman <kdisman@gmail.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> Ravensfort@lists.ansteorra.org<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Thu, May 13, 2010 2:42:15 PM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Ravensfort] Questions about viking
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<div><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">A note about some of the weird characters in Old English that might also appear in Old Norse.</font></div>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Æ æ --this symbol is known as the "ash", and it represents in Old English the sound "a" as in "ash".</font></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Ð ð --this symbol is known as the "eth", and it represents in Old English the sound "th" as in "weather" and "with".</font></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Þ þ --this symbol is known as the "thorn", and it also represents in Old English the sound "th" as in "weather" and "with".</font></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">A couple other symbols that are found in OE manuscripts that are not included on the MSWord list of symbols: </font></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">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".</font></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">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".</font></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">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.</font></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Peace again,</font></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Detlef</font></p><br>
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