| NORN KJOKL http://nornlanguage.x10.mx/phpBB3/ |
|
| 2.1. The "gryle" (bogey) verse http://nornlanguage.x10.mx/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=33 |
Page 1 of 1 |
| Author: | Hnolt [ Tue Apr 12, 2011 7:52 pm ] |
| Post subject: | 2.1. The "gryle" (bogey) verse |
Norn: Skεkla koməna rīna tūna swa'rta hæsta blæita brūna fo'mtəna (fjo'mtan) hāla and fo'mtəna (fjo'mtan) bjadnis a kwāra hāla Old Norse: Skekill er kominn ríðandi á túnit á svǫrtum hesti með bletti á brúnni fimmtán halar ok fimmtán bǫrn á hverjum hala. English: A bug-bear [*skekill] has come riding into the home-field (the tun) on a black horse having a white spot (blæita) on its brow (brūna), and fifteen tails, and with fifteen children on each tail. Comments: Cf. a passage from Sturlungasaga: þá er Loptr reið á túnit, kvað hann þetta: Hér ferr grýla í garð ofan ok hefir á sér hala fimmtán JJ: All the old grammatical endings are levelled to -a, except in "bjadnis" which has got the Eng. plural ending -s. HN: bjadnis < def. barnit + Eng. pl. -s. Most of the old prepositions are dropped. Notice the usage of the English conjunction "and". http://nornlanguage.x10.mx/index.php?shettxt/21gryle |
|
| Author: | Ragnhild [ Tue Jan 20, 2015 4:36 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 2.1. The "gryle" (bogey) verse |
Hi, greetings from Orkney I just had a thought. You said: HN: bjadnis < def. barnit + Eng. pl. -s. Then I thought: Could it possibly be bǫrn --> assimilation to bǫnn --> segmentation to something like bodn which somehow ends up as "bjadn" --> then add Scots plural -is to get "bjadnis"? So, in other words, we don't need to assume the definite -it? |
|
| Author: | Kråka [ Tue Jan 20, 2015 11:03 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 2.1. The "gryle" (bogey) verse |
It would be strange to have a definite singular form after fjomtan (fifteen), wouldn't it? |
|
| Author: | Hnolt [ Sun Jan 25, 2015 9:06 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 2.1. The "gryle" (bogey) verse |
| Author: | Hnolt [ Sun Jan 25, 2015 9:10 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 2.1. The "gryle" (bogey) verse |
| Page 1 of 1 | All times are UTC |
| Powered by phpBB® Forum Software © phpBB Group http://www.phpbb.com/ |
|