Re: Éadig Éowine

Benct Philip Jonsson, On 20/05/2007 13:12:
> T. A. McLeay skrev:
>  > Philip Newton wrote:
>  >> On 5/20/07, T. A. McLeay <conlang@...> wrote:
>  >>> Hence, I would hazard something Yowin or Ewin.
>  >> The latter being pronounced /'juIn/, or thereabouts?
>  >
>  > Possible for both (the first having the ow=ou of "you").
>  > The first could also be /jou.In/ (having the ow=ou of
>  > "your" and "four").
>
> I like to think open syllable lengthening applied, so I'd
> make it Ewine ['juaIn], which would guarantee distinctness
> from Ewan, but Yowin [jouIn] is also distinct and possibly
> more likely, or perhaps even Youn [joun]. Don't like either
> spelling at all though, even though Jórvík > York. Thinks:
> was it Éorwíc in OE? After all it doesn't actually have
> anything to do with éoh!
>
> /ÉÉ
Well, based on what has been put forward so far, plus the analogy of _Edwin_, I'd go
for _Edy Ewin_ /'edi 'ju:In/ as our best guess unless anybody can improve on
it. The <Edy>:/'edi/ looks odd; one wd expect <Eddy> or /'i:di/ given the usual
spelling--pronunciation patterns; but I lack the knowledge to make sense of
this.

As for York, on the Conculture list we once decided that without the Danes it
would have ended up as Everwich /'ev(@)rIdZ/. Or was it Yorwich, /'jQrIdZ/
(rhymes with Norwich and porridge)? I forget which...

--And.

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