Re: Motto

["Rory Sinclair" <rory.sinclair@accglobal.net>]

Could be that but more likely the use of "v" for "'w" was common for
inscribed, formal or monumental writing.  It was a hearkening back to that
latin which has no "w".  In Toronto the Postal Building is inscribed Postal
"Bvilding"................Rory
-----Original Message-----
From: Lena A Löfström <lal@algonet.se>
To: sinclair@mids.org <sinclair@mids.org>
Date: Thursday, October 21, 1999 6:00 AM
Subject: Re: Motto


>
>
>Gerald Gibbons wrote:
>>
>>  'Commit thy verk to God' ".
>> Yes, it is spelled verk and not work!
>> Gerald Gibbons
>>
>
>Interesting! Verk is a Swedish word (or Scandinavian if you want) and
>can very well be used as a synonym for work.
>
>Maybe a "leftover" from the norsemen?
>
>Best regards
>Lena
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