Excluding data (PS)

[Mark Odegard <Odegard@means.net>]

On 27 Sep 99 at 15:55, Larry Trask wrote:

> On Sun, 26 Sep 1999, Jens Elmegaard Rasmussen wrote:

>> But take any dictionary of Icelandic and ask how many of its words
>> existed in Old Norse. The answer is, practically all!

> I've just realized I have a query about this.  Is it literally true that
> "practically all" of the words in a dictionary of modern Icelandic
> existed in Old Norse?  Or is it only true that the *elements* of most
> modern words existed in Old Norse?

Yes, yes, yes! Let me second Trask's question! Larry's so good, of
course, he second-thinks himself!
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Mark Odegard   mailto:odegard at means.net