Talk:Yewfelle

Possible Yewfelle Etymology
So while I was on facebook today I noticed that apparently some FE fan's aren't happy with the rendition of Ichaival-> Yewfelle from the fan translations to the official name. This is almost a direct copy paste from my post regarding why I believe Yewfelle is the superior rendition for English speakers and a possible etymology for the rendition: "Ullr was a Bow-god and his attested dwelling place is Ydalir [yew valley or valley of yews]. Bows at the time were presumably made from yew trees so a bow in FE for a bloodline descended from Ullr, the change isn't bad for english speakers and those familiar with the mythology. The name makes sense. A bow made from yew and (this one MIGHT be a bit of a stretch but I'm almost certain on this one): The old Nordic root for "felle" is likely "vel" (if we just take what I'm assuming to be the infinitive form to be "fell") a word for wells. Now putting these together into a kenning "yew well" is almost a certain reference to Ydalir. Yewfelle is far from a bad dub/Translation and almost certain to be better than Ichibal/Ichival for English, or any other Indo-European language, speakers. Given the chance I'd have dubbed the bow as Yewvel or Yewvol to prevent confusion since the "felle" part is apt to cause precisely that." I'm no language expert. I've had some years at school studying german language and a keen interest in the Poetic and Prose Eddas.