Re: Weekly Vocab 29

--- Tristan McLeay skrzypszy:

> > > -- I need an idea for law. Anyone have one?
> > > (West Germanic conlang at
> > > the same time as Old English.)
> >
> > What's wrong with OE lagu, that gives us "law"?
>
> Comes from Old Norse. By this stage, there's been no Norse influence on
> Ancient Føtisk.In Old Norse, it originally meant 'that which has been
> laid down'. I've contemplated using it, but I think I might prefer
> something more original (i.e. Old English is my main source for AF at this
> stage and I want to be a bit different. The same, but different).
Are you aware of links section of Germaniconlang? There are links to many
excellent dictionaries to ancient Germanic languages, including Old High
German, Old English, Old Saxon, and Gothic.

Jan