Talk:Neorxnawang

	Anglo-Saxon England portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.Anglo-Saxon KingdomsWikipedia:WikiProject Anglo-Saxon KingdomsTemplate:WikiProject Anglo-Saxon KingdomsAnglo-Saxon Kingdoms articles
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

Ancient Germanic studies Low‑importance

	This article is within the scope of WikiProject Ancient Germanic studies, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Ancient Germanic studies articles on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.Ancient Germanic studiesWikipedia:WikiProject Ancient Germanic studiesTemplate:WikiProject Ancient Germanic studiesAncient Germanic studies articles
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

Linguistics: Etymology Low‑importance

	Linguistics portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Linguistics, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of linguistics on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.LinguisticsWikipedia:WikiProject LinguisticsTemplate:WikiProject LinguisticsLinguistics articles
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.
	This article is supported by Etymology Task Force.

Publications[edit]

If anyone have access to the articles listed below, it would be great if they either left a message here, or contributed to the article with proper referencing. –Holt T•C 16:15, 18 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Brown, Alan K. (1973). "Neorxnawang" in Neuphilologische Mitteilungen 74, pp. 610—23
Jente, R. (1921). "Die mythologischen Ausdrücke im altenglischen Wortschatz" in Anglistische Forschungen 56, pp. 226ff. (iv, § 139)
Krogmann, Willy (1954). "Neorxnawang und Íðavöllr" in Archiv für das Studium des neueren Sprachen 191, pp. 30—43
Langenfelt, Gösta (1931). "The OE. Paradise Lost: Neorxnawang" in Anglia. Zeitschrift für englische Philologie 55, pp. 250—265

Following are some readily available publications that could be worked into the article:

Imelmann, Rudolf (1912). "Zu neorxnawang" in Anglia. Zeitschrift für englische Philologie 35, p. 428
Reinius, Josef (1897). "Ags. Neorxnawang" in Anglia. Zeitschrift für englische Philologie 19, pp. 554—556

Bright reference[edit]

I have no problem with the way the quote from Bright has been refactored -- sorry it took a brief edit war, but at least the end result is an improved article.

I think probably, Mr. Bright meant to imply that the original phrase was something like "ne weorcs, na wang" (no labours, nor woe), but since he didn't actually say this, that would be going too far. Cheers, Til Eulenspiegel (talk) 21:42, 6 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

No problem, and I apologize if I came off as contentious, which I probably did. :)

I note that Jeep seems to be referring to this derivation when he writes that the first element may refer to a "place without toil or worries", and so it is good to have Bright's observations here. :bloodofox: (talk) 21:54, 6 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Sheesh, people. It's pretty obvious if you break down the word. Ne - Orx - Na -Wang. "Neither orchard nor field." The medieval anglo-saxon scribe who first attempted to translate the Roman/Latin concept of a "garden" probably had no idea what it was, but knew it wasn't an orchard, and it wasn't a field. Neal Locke (talk) 02:33, 11 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Then how do you explain the use of wang without the negative in Gothic? —Soap— 20:55, 6 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]