Etymology/meaning/onomatopoeic aspects of the word "Urth"

Mo Holkar / UKG · 24 Apr 2008, 17:59 · from 2008-April.txt.gz

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From: lists at ukg.co.uk (Mo Holkar / UKG)
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:59:12 +0100
Subject: (urth) Etymology/meaning/onomatopoeic aspects of the word "Urth"
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At 18:20 24/04/2008, you wrote:
>A question for the first-language speakers out 
>there: We have a discussion going on concerning 
>a proper rendering of the word "Urth" into 
>Czech, and would appreciate any comments 
>concerning the connotations the word has for a 
>native speaker, apart form the obvious "Earth". 
>An existing translation of The Shadow of the 
>Torturer has "Urzem?", which translates 
>literally as "Ur-Earth" (without the repetition 
>of the "r" phoneme or the "vowel-consonant[s]" syllable structure, of course).
>
>I did search for previous threads concerning the 
>topic, but the fact of the archive-site being 
>itself called Urth made it somewhat difficult.


The main extra connotation is that Urth is the 
name of one of the Norns -- Verthandi and Skuld being the others:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norns

Mo


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