Re: Haggler's House name?
Posted: Sat 26 Sep 2020, 08:49
.For now I've translated it in Italian as "Dimora della Strega" which would be something like "WItch's Dwelling"; I like your interpretation of a fort-like structure, it's fitting for the site. I'll work on that, thanks for the input!I think your translation of 'hus' is a bit off. In contemporary Swedish it means house, but it used to have a broader meaning of ~fort which was applied to the whole settlement (for example Århus, Glimmingehus). So perhaps Cronesbury would be a good English translation?
Sounds great!
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(side note about Århus: That name seems to be a deviation from the older ”Aros” = mouth of a stream, so it's probably not about houses at all. I found this interesting since Uppsala, where I live, in old times was called ”East Aros”)