Comments on: How Vikings Shaped the English Language http://mylittlenorway.com/2009/01/how-vikings-shaped-the-english-language/ discover the kingdom of the North Tue, 22 May 2012 20:01:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: O.J. Lekang http://mylittlenorway.com/2009/01/how-vikings-shaped-the-english-language/comment-page-1/#comment-7816 O.J. Lekang Fri, 06 Jan 2012 23:22:59 +0000 http://mylittlenorway.com/?p=1225#comment-7816 Fascinating, but nae new. Other examples House - Hus Boat - Båt Bite - Bite Door - Dør Home - Hjem Spear - Spyd Bow - Bue Stone - Sten Book - Bok Needle - Nål ...and so forth and so on... Also, there's tuesday/tirsdag (Tir), wednesday (woden) onsdag (Odin), thursday/torsdag (Thor), friday/fredag (Frey) all of which are named after norse deities. You guys also seem to have forgotten the Norman impact on England, and the normans were - of course - norwegians :D _____________________ <em><strong>from L-Jay:</strong> Even before the Normans were the Jutes - but they and Normans were not 'vikings'.</em> Fascinating, but nae new.
Other examples
House – Hus
Boat – Båt
Bite – Bite
Door – Dør
Home – Hjem
Spear – Spyd
Bow – Bue
Stone – Sten
Book – Bok
Needle – Nål
…and so forth and so on…

Also, there’s tuesday/tirsdag (Tir), wednesday (woden) onsdag (Odin), thursday/torsdag (Thor), friday/fredag (Frey) all of which are named after norse deities.

You guys also seem to have forgotten the Norman impact on England, and the normans were – of course – norwegians :D

_____________________
from L-Jay:

Even before the Normans were the Jutes – but they and Normans were not ‘vikings’.

]]> By: A&G http://mylittlenorway.com/2009/01/how-vikings-shaped-the-english-language/comment-page-1/#comment-7768 A&G Thu, 15 Dec 2011 13:58:22 +0000 http://mylittlenorway.com/?p=1225#comment-7768 In Trondask dialekt you say "Æ" instead of "Jeg" while "Æ" is vry similar to Engish "I" In Trondask dialekt you say “Æ” instead of “Jeg” while “Æ” is vry similar to Engish “I”

]]> By: Børge Alvestad http://mylittlenorway.com/2009/01/how-vikings-shaped-the-english-language/comment-page-1/#comment-7612 Børge Alvestad Sat, 22 Oct 2011 19:03:42 +0000 http://mylittlenorway.com/?p=1225#comment-7612 You've also got the word "thwart", describing the rower's seat _across_ on a rowing boat. This comes from the Old Norse word for the same thing, "thvert", from thverr/thverr (across). The Norwegian word is now "tofte" (which happens to sound more similar to the English word than to the Old Norse, but not exactly the same), but we still have the words tverr and tvert meaning across. You’ve also got the word “thwart”, describing the rower’s seat _across_ on a rowing boat. This comes from the Old Norse word for the same thing, “thvert”, from thverr/thverr (across). The Norwegian word is now “tofte” (which happens to sound more similar to the English word than to the Old Norse, but not exactly the same), but we still have the words tverr and tvert meaning across.

]]> By: Gustavo Caldas http://mylittlenorway.com/2009/01/how-vikings-shaped-the-english-language/comment-page-1/#comment-7561 Gustavo Caldas Wed, 28 Sep 2011 17:12:09 +0000 http://mylittlenorway.com/?p=1225#comment-7561 When I visited Norway in 1992, I saw a cool bumper sticker that illustrated the Bokmål/Nynorsk/Dialect situation at the time. It read: LES BOKMÅL. SKRIV NYNORSK. SNAKK DIALEKT (Read Bokmål, Write Nynorsk, Speak Dialect). This was in the Sognefjord area (north of Bergen) visiting a friend's relatives in Laerdal. I love Norwegian and have learned to speak it conversationally. Norsk er et interessant og pent språk! When I visited Norway in 1992, I saw a cool bumper sticker that illustrated the Bokmål/Nynorsk/Dialect situation at the time. It read:

LES BOKMÅL. SKRIV NYNORSK. SNAKK DIALEKT

(Read Bokmål, Write Nynorsk, Speak Dialect). This was in the Sognefjord area (north of Bergen) visiting a friend’s relatives in Laerdal. I love Norwegian and have learned to speak it conversationally.

Norsk er et interessant og pent språk!

]]> By: Arlene Fox http://mylittlenorway.com/2009/01/how-vikings-shaped-the-english-language/comment-page-1/#comment-7558 Arlene Fox Wed, 28 Sep 2011 14:04:43 +0000 http://mylittlenorway.com/?p=1225#comment-7558 Very interesting article! Being Greek-American I know all about contributions to the English language. I really enjoyed that husband comes from Norse-my husband (Australian) liked the translation! I believe that some days of the week are named after Norse gods correct? Namely Wednesday (from Germanic Woden or Norse Odin), Thursday (from Thor) and Friday (from Frey). Love your articles great work! Very interesting article! Being Greek-American I know all about contributions to the English language. I really enjoyed that husband comes from Norse-my husband (Australian) liked the translation! I believe that some days of the week are named after Norse gods correct? Namely Wednesday (from Germanic Woden or Norse Odin), Thursday (from Thor) and Friday (from Frey). Love your articles great work!

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