#3. ond also got ported to modern German as Ente. still not sure where the spirit meaning went in German
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#Nimblermortals Senf#at least 3 so far#1. øl og vand means /ale/ and water not /oil/ and water as I had been assuming#2. the ond homonym - did Odin give mankind spirit or duck? - persists to this day#(I thought the section was called spirit in some sort of horrible orientalism but no. just duck.)#3. ond also got ported to modern German as Ente. still not sure where the spirit meaning went in German#note: when I write ond I mean o-ogonek I just can't type that
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