Re: OT: an axe to grind

--- Benct Philip Jonsson <bpj@...> wrote:

> Adam Walker skrev:
> > Does anyone know if this form was also current in
> > Norman French?  I mean, it seams reasonable since
> it's
> > there in Walloon, but reasonable isn't always
> actual.
>
> Perhaps in your timeline!  But be aware that _barda_
> isn't àny axe, but a special kind of battle-axe
> with a tapering edge (i.e. a "beard").
>
True.  I can always decide that Norman French uses
this word in the C-an time-line even if it didn't in
ours. As for the type of axe represented, that might
be even better as a specialized term would be more
likely for a late borrowing than sucha general one as
"ax".  So, I might have _seguri_ meaning ax in
general, especially a woodsman's ax; _áfia_ meaning a
hatchet, _barra_ meaning a battle ax, especially in
the Norman style; and borrow several of the other
terms for various other tools (chisels, scythes,
adzes, picks, etc.).

Adam who's still pondering

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