#I'd guess 'ape' but there's no reason for the Norse to have a word for monkey much less ape
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Ormar fleiri liggja und aski Yggdrasils en that of hyggi hverr ósvi∂ra apa.
apa: Not in my dictionary, I’ve checked under every vowel. It’s a genitive plural noun?
Is there an online dictionary I can check, or anybody got recommendations for a supplemental dictionary? I’ve been meaning to get one anyway.
#Old Norse#Norsebinge#I'd guess 'ape' but there's no reason for the Norse to have a word for monkey much less ape#and certainly not to identify humans with them#insultingly or not#that seems like a very modern bias guess#I'm guessing it starts with either a or uhhh o ogonek I can't type that vowel#as you can see I also can't type thorn#and I haven't figured out how to do a proper eth so that's kind of just derivative notation
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