MEDOS, *midus? + neologisms

[Carl Edlund Anderson]

On 05/07/2006 17:03, llama_nom wrote:
> Nah, I don't think we need to be polite ;)  Plural forms are used
> sometimes in Old Norse for royalty, including adjectives even; I'm not
> sure how ancient this is.  But apart from that, as far as I know,
> there was no general plural of respect.

It's been a while since I worked closely with ON, but my recollection is 
that the use of plural "polite" forms in ON was a relatively late 
borrowing from Continental practices.  (No warranty given or implied 
with this information! :)

Cheers,
Carl

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