PRONOUNCING VOCABULARY OF PROPER NAMES

KEY TO PRONUNCIATION. - Marked vowels are pronounced like the same vowels similarly marked in the following words: fäther, hăt, wall; sĕt, alėrt, thēme; pīne, bĭt; tŏp, more, rōde; mūte, pull. The sound ö is hard to pronounce in English; it lies about half-way between the e in alėrt and the e in hĕld.


Æsir - ĕs ´ĭr.
Alsvith - äĺ svĭth.
Arvakur - äŕ väk ur.
Asa - äśä.
Asgard - äś gärd.
Ask - äsk.

Balder - baľ der.
Baugi - bow´ gē.
Bifröst - bē´.
Bil - bĭl.
Bragi - brä´ gē.
Brock - brock.
Brunhilde - brun hĭĺ dĕ.

Draupnir - drowp´ nĭr.

Elivâgar - ā´ lē vägär.
Elli - ĕĺlē.
Embla - ĕm´blä
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