LL-L "Etymology" 2008.12.09 (01) [E]

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From: Ben J. Bloomgren <ben.j.bloomgren at gmail.com>
Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2008.12.07 (01) [E]

quick update, I suddenly realised I was stupid and forgot about the modern
Norewgian word ås meaning something like hill, of which the Old Norse
ancestor has to be found under the letter a:

*âs-s *

(3), an., st.

Diederik,

Also remember that modern Norwegian has å for a brook or a stream.

Ben
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