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Re: Norreyna

From:Oskar Gudlaugsson <hr_oskar@...>
Date:Wednesday, April 11, 2001, 0:36
Okay, gauging from this data:

> >Ef norreyna wa yenow goed fer Haelend, cwa's yenow goed fer mec!
And some of what you've said, I guess the following things: * Front rounded vowels are derounded - evident in the lang's name itself, "Norreyna", but also in "fer" (< ON "fyr", modern Swedish "för"). * OE spelling (with yogh converted to "y"); "þ" included? * Some Anglicisms, such as "yenow"... though older ON did have "gnóg", it generally lost the "g" in all dialects; derived words retain it, though, even in Modern Icelandic, e.g. "gnægð" (~richness). * Endings generally dropped. * Don't know why you have "wa" and not "was" or "war"; what's "cwa's"? By context, I know it means "it was", but how? * I suppose it's pretty much ON word stems with mostly English syntax and grammar, instead of the original inflections; do you retain Verb-Second? Loving this idea, Óskar

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