High King Harald 0 Posted October 4, 2011 Report Share Posted October 4, 2011 Jarl Daniel, How do you say "By the Sword" or something similar in Old Norse? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Daniel 0 Posted October 5, 2011 Report Share Posted October 5, 2011 That would depend what the full sentence would be Quote Link to post Share on other sites
High King Harald 0 Posted October 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 5, 2011 That would depend what the full sentence would be Ah!! How do you then say "We live by the Sword" or something similar in Old Norse? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Daniel 0 Posted October 5, 2011 Report Share Posted October 5, 2011 I'm afraid I have no idea. It's a difficult sentence structure. I don't even know how to say it in Swedish... Vi lever genom svärdet? I think that would be...semi-correct. Though it still sounds bad Quote Link to post Share on other sites
High King Harald 0 Posted October 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 5, 2011 I found this phrase online. Perhaps your phrase wasn't that bad at all. Då sade Jesus till honom: ''Stick ditt svärd tillbaka i skidan: ty alla som taga till svärd skola förgöras genom svärd.'' Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Daniel 0 Posted October 5, 2011 Report Share Posted October 5, 2011 Comparing that phrase to other Scandinavian (Norse) languages, I notice that they have another proposition. "before" or "for" is used instead of "by" and "through". No help here.. hm. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
High King Harald 0 Posted October 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 6, 2011 Would it be possible for you to translate the spirit of the phrase into Old Norse of one of the Scandinavian (Norse) languages? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Daniel 0 Posted October 9, 2011 Report Share Posted October 9, 2011 It would perhaps be possible, but when it comes to prepositions I'm really bad with the Norse languages. Because they're used differently in all languages. I'll give you a Swedish version anyway (because that's at least a language I speak fluently): Vi lever genom svärdet. -- lit. We live through the sword. Vi lever genom svärden. --- lit. We live through the swords. I'll make more research into it! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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