Notes

3* The Algonquin word means, ”tired.” Tired people do rest. But the Old Norse meaning gives a sense of resting after saving themselves. (i.e. Thr worst is over.) In the pictograph the head on the right is lying in its side. The “resting” head appears to support the Old Norse meaning.

4*In Sherwin, the Algonquin word “Agaming” is found under “KAMA” with a string of Algonquin words meaning “the other side.” The most likely Algonquin meaning is, “the other side.”

Sherwin’s, “gumpr” does not seem to be the correct Old Norse word. Most of his other Algonquin/Old Norse phrases have a better match in meaning and sound. The Old Norse word chosen by Sherwin lacks the precision of most of his comparisons. Here a vowel “a” had to have been added to the original Old Norse word. We have seen before that vowels may be changed or lost but rarely added. Also the constant “p” was lost. “P” is a constant that was rarely lost in other words. Then the Old Norse meaning, “hinder” would have had to change to “on the other side.”

The appearance is that Sherwin, could not find a good match in Old Norse words and meanings. These words are in volume seven. Sherwin may have felt that he was running out of time. He appears to have made a best guess.

There may be another explanation for Akomen as viable as Sherwin’s guess.

King Haakon Haakon IV may have had many ships in America between 1247 and 1282. Wherever they landed they may have called themselves “Haakon’s Man,” where “man” means “people.” King Haakon was a powerful man. There is a passage between Scotland and Ireland named after him, just because he sailed his fleet through. Haakon’s people may have been proud to use his name wherever they went.

If “Haakon’s Man” came from the other side of the ocean and landed in several places, “Haakon’s man” might have been associated with “the other side of the ocean,” Four to six generations later “Haakon’s Man,” may have morphed into “Akoman.” Nearly a century of use could have made “Akoman” a common word, especially along the Atlantic shore, where it is most often found in place names.

If this scenario happened, Sherwin would not have been able to find a good comparison between the Algonquin word and Old Norse words because “Akomen” would have been a word developed in America. Apparently Sherwin could not find a good match. No matter who created it, the word “Akomen” means, “the other side”. In this verse it means the other side of Davis Strait.

The original English version has three misleading phrases. They are “Split asunder.” “torn and broken” and “to the snake Island.” None of these phrases can be found in the Algonquin/Old Norse words. The first two misleading phrases imply war. The last phrase implies implies an environment favorable for snakes., The Old Norse version implies needy people saving themselves by going to the other side (of Davis Strait.)