Introduction   |   General    |    Shetland Norn     |    Orkney Norn    |    Nynorn      |      Forum      |      Contact        

 
     
 


  Introduction
  General
     Terminology
     Old Norse
     Articles
  Shetland Norn
     Phonetics 
     Dialects 
     Grammar 
     Hildina 
     Texts 
  Orkney Norn
     Phonetics
     Dialects
     Grammar
     Texts
  Caithness Norn
  Bibliography

  Nynorn project
     Introduction
     Grammar
     Dictionary
     Simple texts
     Tutorial
     Dialects
     Maps
  Forum
  Links
  Credits
  Contact
 

 
 

A nursery rhyme

 
Norn Old Norse/Nordic English
Klapa klapa sø:da
bokşina sķȯləna bjø:da

A version from "The Home of a Naturalist":
Clapa clapa süda
Boochsina schölina Bjöda
Bauta deema kjota schin
Swala clovena vjenta in
Roompan pöman söda
 		  


Nor. klov n. - (cleft) fork
Nor. svola f. - a) a swallow; b) acute-angled notch


Discuss this fragment on the forum:
http://nornlanguage.x10.mx/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=34



















 
 

  Latest updates:

  - 'Nynorn texts' updated
  - 'Shetland Nynorn tutorial' updated (lessons 10-12 added)
  - 'Shetland Nynorn tutorial' updated (lessons 6-9 added)
  - Forum opened
  - 'Nynorn texts' updated
  - 'Caithness Norn' uploaded
  - 'Orkney Grammar' and 'Orkney's Lord Prayer' uploaded
  - 'Orkney' and 'Shetland dialects' uploaded
  - 'Terminology' uploaded
  - 'Language of Hildina' uploaded
  - 'The Ballad of Hildina' uploaded
  - 'Phonetics of Shetland Norn' uploaded
  - 'Phonetics of Orkney Norn' uploaded
  - 'Grammar of Nynorn' uploaded
  - 'Texts quoted by Edmonston&Jakobsen' uploaded
  - 'Nynorn dialects' uploaded
  - 'Nynorn dictionary' uploaded
  - 'Introduction into Nynorn' and 'Simple texts' uploaded
 

 
     
 

   ©2006-2016 Hnolt