Re: CHAT: Ave Maria
| From: | BP Jonsson <bpj@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, July 1, 2000, 19:43 |
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At 13:59 01.7.2000 -0700, DOUGLAS KOLLER wrote:
>My German one offers: "Gegrüßet seist du, Holdselige! Der Herr ist mit dir,
>du Gebenedeiete unter den Weibern." I don't know all of the connotative
^^^^^^^^^^^^
A typo for "gebegnaedigte", I take it.
>nuances of "holdselig", but it seems to tap into the notion of being
>"favored" ("selig" on its own means "blessed" or "blissful").
>
>My Swedish one seems to parallel the Vulgate the closest (and perhaps the
>Greek; I can't comment), giving (in Fraktur and antiquated spellings):
>"Hell, full med nåd; Herren är med dig; wälsignad du ibland qwinnor." "Full
>of grace" and lack of copula in the "Blessed art thou among women" part.
Wow, that must be the Karl XII Bible! It has been doubly superceded, in fact!
/BP
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