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What is the proper Old Norse pronunciation of Ljósálfar?

Grey PaladinGrey Paladin Registered User regular
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Many fantasy works use the word but each presents a different way to pronounce it. How was the word originally meant to be read? How would a 13th century Norseman reading Snorri's Edda aloud pronounce it? Google presents a myriad of conflicting non-answers.

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  • bowenbowen Sup? Registered User regular
    edited January 2014
    I think the Ljo makes a "ju" sound.

    So ju-sal-far (salt for sal, juice for ju)

    bowen on
    not a doctor, not a lawyer, examples I use may not be fully researched so don't take out of context plz, don't @ me
  • DarkewolfeDarkewolfe Registered User regular
    Juice-owl-var is a reasonable approximation, but who really knows, since it's probably a proto-Norse word that wasn't written down till Snorri Sturluson, who was recording already old legends in Old Norse.

    With a ridiculously heavy accent that makes trying to phonetically spell it impossible.

    What is this I don't even.
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