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From: Alan Sondheim <sondheim@panix.com>
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Subject: Epinal-Erfurt Glossary Modifications
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2006 12:04:37 -0400 (EDT)
Epinal-Erfurt Glossary Modifications axungia rysil Erfurt: axungia risil Axis? Axona? Ricin (poisonous gas). Also spelled rysel. pudor scamu Erfurt: pufor scoma Scomatose? Shame and honor and full of grace and modesty. The pudor of pudenda. Pud = pudor entity, pudor _thing._ A knot here. Pudeo: to be ashamed. Think of _shameful thing._ The feeling of shame, bashfulness, modesty, decency, honor. Immediately following: puella. pus uuorsm Erfurt: pus uuorsin Corrupt matter = antibiotic = cleansing. Bitterness, galling: "It's galling to me." = It's irritating (corrupted, twitching). chaos duolma Erfurt: chos dualma Variant chaus. dwolma <-> dwelian = wander, gedwol = error. Dwelling. "prima confusio omnium rerum." Ab nihilo: To dwell = to dwell in confusion,in error. Upwelling: habitat loss. palpitans brocdaettendi Erfurt: palpitans brogdaethendi Palpito = to move quickly, tremble, throb. Used of persons in death-agony. Palpitation, jouissance. talpa uuandaeuuiorpae Erfurt: talpa uuondaeuuerpe Talpa = mole. When Erfurt is not given, assume Epinal. abortus misbyrd Erfurt: abortus misbyrd Abortion. Misbyrdo = congenital deformity. Byrd = birth? = missed birth: a. bypassed birth b. sadness as in "missing you" in relation to birth. The corrupt matter of missing birth = corrupt matter of birth. occipitium = snecca Variants occiput, occipui. The back of the head, related to "to begin." Beginning with the back of the head = birth. See pudor. balus isaern fetor Erfurt: balus isaern fetor Bolas, fetters? But bolus: throw, what is caught at a throw. Fetor, fetid: Cheese, pus, abortion. uuorsm = worse, as in "worse and worse." cornicula chyae Erfurt: cornicula ciae Crow. Corvid = cornucopia. Cornicen = horn-blower. Cornicor = to caw like a crow. Cornu = horn = lur. Corvus = raven or rook. Cornicula = small crow. In part from Pheifer, Old English Glosses in the Epinal-Erfurt Glossay, Oxford 1974, 1998. This is the oldest old English text "of any length." In part from Simpson, Cassell's Latin Dictionary, 1968.