Re: V�lusp�

sigv...@yahoo.no

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Feb 23, 2008, 8:41:22 AM2/23/08

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On 11 Feb, 05:52, Someone else <republican_remove_sp...@email.com>
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> Eddukvæði
> Sæmundar-Edda
>
> Völuspá.

This is WRONG!!!
The correct spelling is: Vǫluspá (Voluspå)

Read more about it here:
http://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volusp%C3%A5
In Norwegian, though.

Sigvald

J. Anderson

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Feb 23, 2008, 9:24:50 AM2/23/08

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<sigv...@yahoo.no> wrote in message
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> The correct spelling is: Voluspá

> Read more about it here:
> http://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volusp%C3%A5
> In Norwegian, though.

Yeah, sure, the Norwegians are famous for ortografisk ryddighet og
konsekvens!

Besides, could you please describe the second letter in your version above.
It appears to be a box. Should we tick it?

sigv...@yahoo.no

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Feb 24, 2008, 10:23:33 AM2/24/08

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On 23 Feb, 15:24, "J. Anderson" <anderso...@inbox.lv> wrote:

> Besides, could you please describe the second letter in your version above.
> It appears to be a box. Should we tick it?

Unicode #491
http://utne.nvg.org/w/unicode.html

Sigvald

J. Anderson

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Feb 24, 2008, 2:21:17 PM2/24/08

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<sigv...@yahoo.no> wrote in message
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Yes? It still appears as a square. Do you mean a Danish/Norwegian o-Umlaut?
An 'O with a slash'?

Brumle Måseegg

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Feb 24, 2008, 2:32:41 PM2/24/08

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On 24 Feb, 20:21, "J. Anderson" <anderso...@inbox.lv> wrote:
> <sigva...@yahoo.no> wrote in message

It is an "a" with a small cirkel on the top. Pronounced like the vovel
in "Caught". If your printer not is prepared for it, you will get a
box in stead.

Jardar Eggesbø Abrahamsen

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Feb 24, 2008, 3:22:35 PM2/24/08

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I artikkel <Osjwj.301698$Wx6....@reader1.news.saunalahti.fi>
skreiv J. Anderson <ander...@inbox.lv>:

> > Unicode #491
> > http://utne.nvg.org/w/unicode.html
>
> Yes? It still appears as a square. Do you mean a Danish/Norwegian o-Umlaut?
> An 'O with a slash'?

http://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U0180.pdf
01EB

Jardar

J. Anderson

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Feb 24, 2008, 5:48:13 PM2/24/08

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"Jardar "Eggesb¸" Abrahamsen" <jar...@nvg.ntnu.fjern-dette.no.invalid> wrote
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Thank you, but you and Brumle Måseegg must have misunderstood, or are you
really claiming that the second letter is an å? Go to Heimskringla
(http://www.heimskringla.no/norsk/edda/voluspa.php) and klick on any
language version: nowhere is there an å as second letter.

Thomas Schodt

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Feb 24, 2008, 6:23:09 PM2/24/08

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J. Anderson wrote:
> <sigv...@yahoo.no> wrote in message

>> Unicode #491
>> http://utne.nvg.org/w/unicode.html
>
> Yes? It still appears as a square. Do you mean a Danish/Norwegian o-Umlaut?
> An 'O with a slash'?

http://writch.com/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/writch/uni?decbase=491

Jardar Eggesbø Abrahamsen

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Feb 25, 2008, 7:38:02 AM2/25/08

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I artikkel <Pumwj.301812$Ae.2...@reader1.news.saunalahti.fi>
skreiv J. Anderson <ander...@inbox.lv>:

> Thank you, but you and Brumle Måseegg must have misunderstood, or are you
> really claiming that the second letter is an å?

The second letter of Voluspį is an o with ogonek, as written here:

http://www.thegogglesdonothing.com/archives/2005/01/notes_on_vlusp.shtml

Jardar

J. Anderson

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Feb 25, 2008, 7:48:45 AM2/25/08

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"Jardar "Eggesbų" Abrahamsen" <jar...@nvg.ntnu.fjern-dette.no.invalid> wrote
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Thank you! I didn't know that Old Norse transcriptions make use of Polish
and Lithuanian letters. Obviously somebody has heard Old Norse spoken and
decided that this is the closest we can get to the original pronunciation
;-)