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Ílúvatar --
Nai varyuvalyes, an nás valda eryenna.
Nai antuvalyes, an haryas i maure.
Ar nai sílarente i eleni eryenna.
Násie::~ -
A stray thought
I view my calendar in 3-week increments.
I should not be able to see Christmas on my calendar yet. And yet, There. It. Is.
Bugger. -
Fortune!
I got this today and like it. A lot.
Do not let great ambitions overshadow small success. -
Thanks to Neil Gaiman, Language Log, and Wikipedia...
...I learned something new today. In the Ethiopian script, they use the inverted exclamation point ¡ to indicate sarcasm (called Temherte Slaq). And, it is quite easy to access if you use the Language Bar -- add US (International) to your Language Bar and then all you have to type is ( Read more... ) -
Skyrs ok Mysu Orð
In the Creative Anachronist issue on skyr, the author writes about the skyr starter called þettir or þéttir (don't have it with me so don't know which), which she distinguishes from using and older batch of skyr -- it's made from milk and starts the skyr when you run out of your previous batches. She says it works much better than the buttermilk ( Read more... ) -
Loop it.
For those interested, I'm starting a blog specific to the Viking Age and my endeavors in researching it: Norðlendingr. I'm going to continue to post things of that nature here as I have done in the past, but Norðlendingr will be my vehicle for mini-essays/more coherent thoughts. So far the essays have tended towards translation, but other types ( Read more... ) -
Extremely shorthand
ríki n. 1. 'power, might', 2. 'an empire, kingdom'
ex. Danmerkrríki, Noregsríki, Austrríki
veldi n. 1. 'power', 2. 'an empire'
Vestrlönd (n. pl.), literally "west-lands" refer in period to those places in Western Europe such as the British Isles, Normandy, Bretagne, etc.
vestan-maðr m. sng. 'a man from the west'
Vest-maðr m. sng. 'a man from ( Read more... ) -
Some of you have probably seen these already...
...since I've been slow on the uptake this week. But for those of you who haven't seen, drool ( Read more... )