Re: Norreyna

Oskar Gudlaugsson wrote:

> On Tue, 10 Apr 2001 21:04:09 +0100, Dan Jones <feuchard@...> wrote:
>
> >Norreyna is derived from ON (the name is from norð-rona, Northern Tongue)
> >with bits from OE thrown in for good measure. It's an RAL- a religious
> >auxiliary language, for pagans of the northern tradition. It's supposed
to
> >look Anglo-Saxon-esque and have simple grammar. Eventually, there will be
a
> >web-page for it. I'm actually really fond of it- I've developed unical
> forms
> >of the runes to write it in.
>
> Ok, now I'm even more interested than before! :)
Hmm, if I had a scanner, I'd show you. I'll se what I can do...

> An RAL... for English-speaking pagans? The ones who're calling
> themselves "Asatruar"? This is interesting to me because I and my friend
> have been offering a web course in ON intended for English-speakers, and
> thus indirectly for those pagans. At least they make up a large portion of
> our students.
I just use it for ritual, prayer and general expletion. I'd like to teach it
to someone, though. It's the only conlang that I would, actually.

> etc). But an auxlang solution... this is great! :) But wait a min... Hvárt
> maelir þú sjálfr á norroena tungu?
Ek kann varliga málit inna víkinga. En, mér lík at roða um norronu. But
please, not in the bastardised ON which I write!

An auxlang which doesn't have genders, or thousands of conjugations and
declensions to worry about, yet is still northern enough in feel is ideal.
But I'm not going to promote it yet, I think. Theye are enough badly spelt
variants of ON in the pagan community already!

> Anyway, I'd really like to know more about this :)
Ask away!

> Óskar
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