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Ængelfolc
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“Anglish”
- May 9, 2012, 7:33pm
PGmc. *haitanan [*hais(s)iz] “to call, command, summon” >> OE hēht (past of hātan, “to be named, be called”; ME. hight (hoten); also E. hest [hǣs “command”], behest [OE behǣs “vow, promise”]), Low German heten; German heißen, Geheiß; Danish hedde; Dutch heten; and Swedish heta
In German, we have der Feldherr "Commander", der Befehlshaber, der Gebieter, der Anführer among others.
Old English has Campealdor, Wīgfruma, Wīga, Hildfruma, Fyrdwīsa, Hererǣswa, Heretoga (see G. Herzog), among others.
“Anglish”
- April 25, 2012, 8:39pm
"OE stocc and stycce are nother (different) words."
Yes, they have two nother meanigs, but they share the same PGmc. and PIE roots.
“Anglish”
- April 25, 2012, 8:58am
garrison, abt. 1250 or so
“Anglish”
- April 21, 2012, 8:14am
John 3:16 "for God so loved the world..." ---> OE "God lufode middaneard swa þæt he sealde his ancennedan Sunu, þæt nan ne forwurðe þe on hine gelyfð, ac hæbbe þæt ece lif."
Grk. Kosmos in OE was written middan(ġ)eard "the World; middle land; middle Earth"
“Anglish”
- April 21, 2012, 8:05am
""wer" is still in "werewolf" I think."
Yes, you are right! English still has: PGMC. *weraz "man" ---> wer(e) "man, husband, hero" ---> world, werewolf, wergild(-geld), were-
Kosmos was written as manasēþs and faírƕus in Gothic.
“Anglish”
- April 19, 2012, 8:30pm
World O.S. werold, O.Fris. warld, Du. wereld, O.N. verǫld (see Isl. veröld, Sw. värld), O.H.G. weralt, Ger. Welt, Danish/Norw. verden
“Anglish”
- April 17, 2012, 10:26pm
Ooops....I meant....
"...in about the 15 or 1600's."
“Anglish”
- April 17, 2012, 10:23pm
ME hay(e), hay-fish (pl. hayen] 16/17c.
“Anglish”
- April 17, 2012, 8:25pm
NG Hai (-fisch) "shark" < Dutch/MLG Haai < MIsl. Hai < OIsl. Hái "shark, oarlock" < ON Hár "dogfish" < PGmc *hanhaz
Maybe so named by Germanic folks owing to it's angular, hooked trademark dorsal fin.
“Anglish”
A great thing about weeding out borrowings is that it would lessen how much one could hide the truth:
British Airways Euphemism from 2004: "filing a property irregularity report" >> In English, this means that the airline lost one's bags/luggage.
It has been said that English came into being about the year 449. Anyone have thoughts about this? Stephen Oppenheimer has put forth that English may have already been spoken in what is now England before then.