Rúnskrá1d ago
There will come a time, to us all, when all roads end and all doors are closed. Do not give up the fight before then. #OldNorse #Havamal #ÓðinsdagsAndakt #JacksonCrawford
Rúnskrá3d ago

This is an experiment. I wanted to see what ChatGPT is capable of, so I greeted it in #OldNorse … and it responded in kind.

The pronunciation is almost entirely correct. I'm guessing they're using an Icelandic speaker. I ran the text through a rune translator to set it in Younger #Futhark, then cleaned it up according to what few grammatical rules I know.

I'll probably take this down today. I'm a little blown away by this.

Rúnskrá4d ago
Can't get this song out of my head. Decided this should be my new workout album. #Eihwar #OldNorse
https://eihwar.bandcamp.com/track/berserk-ragnar-k
Berserk (Ragnarök), by Eihwar

from the album Ragnarök

Eihwar
RúnskráMar 28

A brief encounter told in #OldNorse. This is my best attempt at reconstructed pronunciation.

Maðr - the TH is vocalized, so it sounds like "mother." Same with við and niðr.

Gýgju/gýgjar - the ý is pronounced like the German Ü, OO at the lips and EE over the tongue.

Hjá - the á is pronounced like the Minnesotan OA sound.

#DazStudio #Daz #Giantess

RúnskráMar 24

Tracking words in #OldNorse that are familiar to me for one reason or another.

– Lesa (read), German lesen
– Salt, unchanged in English
– Sundr (asunder)
– Mat (food), unchanged from Norwegian
– Kveld (evening), unchanged from Norwegian
– Ek heiti (my name is), German ich heiße

#LanguageLearning

RúnskráMar 22

I've deleted my Vivaldi Mastodon account, wasn't getting any engagement there from my editing community or anyone. I posted about my cat's death and no one responded. For a month.

I started a Mastodon Social account for greater search results (I don't know why my reach on my instance is so limited!), and there are no active #OldNorse or #ScandiMyth accounts I'm missing! It's just me, I dominate these hashtags. So that's a solo path and I can't expect it to be anything else.

RúnskráMar 21
#BandcampFriday, trying out Corvus Corax, Hüetære, Ursprung. #NeverSpotify #OldNorse #Heathensky #VikingMusic
Show threadRúnskráMar 19

Here are some ideas for meeting Vikings and shield-maidens in #OldNorse

The /ei/ sound in "heil" starts with "heh" and curls quickly up to "eel," as close as you can get to one syllable.

The V at the start is still pronounced like /v/ (AmE), not like a W.

The difference between "fundinn" and "fundin" is subtle: hold the double-N a little longer.

In "hvat," the /h/ is aspirated and the V becomes /w/, inside the word.

The Þ is an aspirated /th/ like in "think" and "thistle."

Show threadRúnskráMar 15

Try to say "mjǫð" all in one syllable—the European J sounds like a Y to Americans; the Ǫ sounds like the O in "storm" (with just a hint of the following R), and the ð is a vocalized TH, like in "other/those."

I don't think these are too inaccurate; anyone who knows better has been dead for a millennium. Pronunciation varied by region and era. #OldNorse isn't intended to be pronounced like modern Icelandic. Watch Dr Jackson Crawford's videos for better tutelage.
https://youtu.be/FJd_eOzgbgg

Old Norse "Class," pt. 1: Pronunciation, Vital Vocabulary

YouTube
RúnskráMar 15

I'm going to the Great Northern Viking Festival this June, and I thought it might be handy to have a few #OldNorse phrases to toss around. Even if no one speaks it, it might add to the atmosphere.

Stress the first syllable of any word.

In "drykk" the Y is pronounced like the German Ü, an OO at the lips with an EE in the back of your mouth. Roll your R's.

In "hvat," aspirate the H in front. The V at the start of words is pronounced V, but in the middle of words it sounds like W.