How Was the Old Norse Diphthong ey Pronounced?
Written by Dyami Millarson This swan and its ducklings are a poetical referrence to Old Norse and its descendants. The Old Norse ey occurs in words such as gleyma to forget, deyja to die and the well-known theonyms Freyja and Freyr. To know the pronunciation of Old Norse ey, we need to take a look at (1) etymology of ey, (2) the historical spellings of ey, (3) the descendants of the ey. Ey…
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