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Sheryl McDonald
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Senior Researcher/Assoc. Prof. at the Dictionary of Old Norse Prose, University of Copenhagen. Language, literature, manuscripts, lexicography. From the west coast of Canada to Denmark.
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The collocation 'greiða atróðr' (row hard, especially for an attack at sea) is common in the sagas, and is also found in ch. 65 of the Saga of the Earls of Orkney. 🧵 3/3 onp.ku.dk/onp/onp.php?...
ONP: greiða vb.
ONP: greiða vb. - all information in the dictionary about the headword
onp.ku.dk
September 16, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Reposted by Sheryl McDonald
... 'You will also not want that said of you that you lie here like a cat in a pile of stones'. Kálfr takes the hint and both of them 'greiddu atróðr' (rowed harder). They had some success but the battle was inconclusive in the end. 🧵 2/3
September 16, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Yes! Managed to get in on the Dictionary’s roundtable. Should be nice to catch up with folks
June 20, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Looking forward to it! 🙌
June 20, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Reposted by Sheryl McDonald
If you're interested, the main culprit seems to be ChatGPT's web crawler. This hasn't been a problem with other web crawlers such as Google, Bing, etc. The difference seems to be that web searches aren't particularly interested in very slow, data-heavy pages.
June 12, 2025 at 6:24 AM
We are now hearing a plenary lecture from Sanni Nimb on promoting equality and removing bias (gender/race/ethnicity) in Danish dictionaries: “Metoder til fremme af ligestilling i Den Danske Ordbog, Den Danske Begrebsordbog og afledte sprogteknologiske ressourcer”
May 21, 2025 at 11:20 AM
I will also be posting a bit from our @onp.ku.dk account during the conference with highlights from the sessions
May 21, 2025 at 5:09 AM