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This week, the early Old Norse lesson for those of you following along with that series is Lesson 8, on Prepositions. For some reason, this seemingly simple topic (there's no cases or endings to learn!) is a struggle to present well, and one students can find challenging.

If you missed Lesson 7, on maðr 'man, person' while it was available for early Patreon access on Youtube, you can still watch it here on Vimeo before it's scheduled to go on Youtube publicly later this week.

Join us for the Crowdcast with Taylor Budde on Saturday if you have a chance, and for now, all the best from beautiful Colorado (which I'm happy that people seem to like just looking at for its own sake in a new video type I experimentally floated yesterday!),

Dr. Jackson Crawford

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Anonymous

can someone tell me what is the difference between med and vid, with the ds being ths

norsebysw

"With" does a lot of heavy lifting in English and not all its uses are translated by the same preposition in Old Norse. If "with" means "together with," that's með. I went there with my brother, I watched that with my sister. If "with" means "by means of (a tool)," that's also með. I cut it with a knife, I solved it with multiplication. Those are the two most common meanings of "with" in English. But some other ways we use "with" in English are translated by við. These include but aren't limited to: "With" in the sense "against." I fought with him about the price, I wrestled with my opponent. "With" in the sense "(talk) to." I talked with her about it, I consulted with Jane before deciding. Við also means "in reaction to," which is a very common meaning in Old Norse but not something "with" usually covers in English. Someone's face changes *við* some news, for example. Or someone screams *við* some pain.

Anonymous

Thank you- your explanations about how language works are really great.

norsebysw

Thanks! I try. Now if only I could always make the right things clear in the right video!

Anonymous

Yes, thank you so much for “100 Seconds of Rocky Mountain Peace”. I desperately miss Colorado.