Stories and Ballads of the Far Past: Translated from the Norse (Icelandic and Faroese) with Introductions and NotesChadwick, Nora K. (Nora Kershaw)
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Stories and Ballads of the Far Past: Translated from the Norse (Icelandic and Faroese) with Introductions and Notes
Chadwick, Nora K. (Nora Kershaw)
Folk songs, Scandinavian; Old Norse literature -- Translations into English; Sagas
Page 239: Irish Gaelic: Original had dots over the letters 'c', 'm',
'd' and 'g'. 'c', 'm', 'd' and 'g', with dots above, are shown as
[.c], [.m], [.d] and [.g].
"In the Irish _Lay of Magnus Barelegs_, the Norwegians are referred to
as _Clann an d· [.c]o[.m]airlea[.c] dÈag_ ('children or clan of the
twelve councillors'). Cf. _Laoi[.d] Ma[.g]nius Moir_ (_Reliques of
Irish Poetry_, by Charlotte Brooke, Dublin 1789, p. 274)."
Accents on proper names are not necessarily consistent throughout
this Book.
Errata
Sundry missing or damaged punctuation has been repaired.
Text corrections:
Page 81: 'Hyndlulj[=Û]th' corrected to 'HyndluljÛth' Other occurence
in this book: 'HyndluljÛth' (no macron); ... elsewhere: [HyndluljÛ]
(Wikipedia). (The 'o' had a macron (line over, indicated as [=o]) as
well as the acute accent).
Page 180: 'bridal' corrected to 'bridle' ... "But Sigurth pulled
hardest the bridle rein."
Page 240: 'wou d' corrected to 'would' - missing letter replaced: "XI.
_I would that I had that_, etc."
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