September 21, 2006 02:48PM
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Ritva Kurittu Wrote:
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> Heheh. I am not sure about how to translate it
> either, but it sure sounds impressive.
> However, here's what Lee Hollander, the translator
> of Heimskringla, says in one of the footnotes:
> There is much confusion in Snorri's account
> between Svíthjóth the Great and Svíthjóth "the
> land of the Svíar", Sweden. And that's exactly how
> the above quote sounds to me!
That makes it sound like Snorri himself is confused!
Now, if only somebody on this board could enlighten us (and impress us!) with their command of Old Norse ...
Whether or not he's correct on this particular occasion, I'm quite partial to Bruce Lincoln. After all, he looks like quite a nice chappie:
And check out his impressive-sounding CV ([
divinity.uchicago.edu]).
At the bottom there's this little bit about languages:
Reading and speaking competence in: French, Italian, and Tokpisin (Neo-Melanesian).
Reading competence in: Anglo-Saxon, Avestan, German, Gothic, Greek, Latin, Old Norse, Old Persian, Pahlavi, Sanskrit, and Spanish.
Some rudimentary knowledge of: Danish, Dutch, Hittite, Norwegian, Old Church Slavonic, Old Irish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, and Welsh.
Sounds like he's a bit better at languages than I am
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