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Re: CHAT: Sax Rohmer

From:Patrick Dunn <tb0pwd1@...>
Date:Friday, September 8, 2000, 17:55
On Fri, 8 Sep 2000, John Cowan wrote:

> Leo Caesius wrote: > > > This author is better known under the pseudonym Sax > > Rohmer, which, by his own admission, means "Blade Roamer" (no, not "Blade > > Runner," but awfully close IMHO). > > My question to the list is this: what language is this? It looks > > somewhat Germanic but means nothing in German. The name seems as "made up" > > as that of his antagonist, Dr. Fu Manchu. > > Just about. The "Sax" part is a Latin root for "rock", and as for "Rohmer", > that's English spelled German-fashion.
OE, sax = "dagger" or "blade." Famous argument (still going on, I think) about what the "heptisax" is in Beowulf. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Living your life is a task so difficult, it has never been attempted before.