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In this one, following on this week's video about how scholars read and edit Old Norse manuscripts [Youtube] [Vimeo], as well as the video I posted Saturday of our great crowdcast conversation with runologist Henrik Williams [Youtube] [Vimeo], I talk about the Old Norse vocabulary for reading and writing, and how that differs if you're talking about the Roman alphabet or the runic alphabet.

I have made and will continue to be making some really "heavy" Wednesday video offerings this year, but I'll be balancing that out more henceforth with some more non-Norse-themed videos on Saturdays just to have a chance to talk about other things that interest me. But I recall that many of you like dinosaurs at least (and Mossbrucker too).

All the best for now, and thank you as always for your tremendous contribution to my well-being and to public education,

Jackson Crawford

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AndyH

Could skrifa mean to scribe (the older term to write) ? Would that be a more direct translation?

norsebysw

It doesn't have the specific associations that English "scribe" (or "scriber") has now, it's just a generic term for writing (in ink) borrowed from Latin 'scribere,' which also is a generic verb for writing.

AndyH

Thanks. Please continue with your great work! I'm definitely enjoying the journey of learning Old norse.