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Re: Religious Festivities

From:Tom Wier <artabanos@...>
Date:Saturday, December 26, 1998, 16:28
Frank George Valoczy wrote:

> > English. The term is synonymous with Christmas, as in the carol "sin=
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> > we all the Yuletide carol, fa la la ..." > > Even older than that is Old Norse and Icelandic /j=F3l/.
Well, in the English word's modern form, yes. But the term itself goes back to the V=F6lkerwanderung, before terms like "English", "German", and certainly "Icelandic" made a whole lot of sense. =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Tom Wier <twier@...> ICQ#: 4315704 AIM: Deuterotom Website: <http://www.angelfire.com/tx/eclectorium/> "Cogito ergo sum, sed credo ergo ero." "S=F4=F0 is gecy=FEed / =FE=E6t mihtig God manna cynes / w=EAold w=EEde-ferh=F0." _Beowulf_, ll. 700-702 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D