Re: OT: Icelandic help

Carsten Becker skrev:
> Matahaniya ang Scotto Hlad <scott.hlad@...>:
>
>> I took the phrase right off the website. Sadly the
>> graphic is a bit blurry (even on my 19" monitor at work)
>> and I can't see if it is an umlaut or an accute accent
>> over the second "o".
>
> Nor can I. But according to [1] the feminine form of _gamall_ is listed
> as _gömul_, so that has <ö> at least.
>
> Regards
> Carsten
>
> [1]
> http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/IcelOnline/IcelOnline.TEId-idx?type=entry&eid=GAMALL&q1=old
>
>
An _a_ in the root changes to _ö_ in the feminine;
an _ó_ doesn't, and 'good' is _góður_, not _**gaður_.


/BP 8^)>
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