On Northshield

[eyja]

I was in the last couple months corrected about the etymology of Northshield by two people. (Now if only I would have found this out earlier...)

The origin of the -shield part of Northshield is the geologic feature of North America called the Canadian or Precambrian Shield. As it was a feature that tied in all of the area that would become

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[aedifica]

So, what does skjoldr mean in English, and what does saetr mean? (Sorry to skip the special characters.)

[eyja]

(No problem with skipping the special characters -- not all of them are easy to get to unless you have the right fonts on your comp) Skjöldr [m. sing.] means 'shield' and sætr [n. pl.] means 'shieling.' Both meanings can be seen in the older posts I put links to (strategically hidden among my words >.> )

[aedifica]

Somehow I totally missed the links, though I can see them now! Thanks for the explanation. :-)

[eyja]

And now it's more clear what they mean in my post. :)

[sakurasake]

woo!

[eyja]

Yup.

[ingusmoen]

the Swedes in Beowulf are likewise named after their mythic founder Ing and the royal dynasty in Sweden is called the Ynglingas.

::I meant to bring my name to the Norwegians, but they weren't there yet and I grew impatient, so I had to make due with the Swedes....*sigh* stupid impatience....

[eyja]

*giggle*

[aedifica]

I'm playing a vocabulary game (it donates rice to the hungry! http://www.freerice.com/index.php ) and "shieling" was one of the words. (They say it means "shepherd's hut.")

[eyja]

It means that as well -- both the fields and the hut that is on the fields.