Re: OT: Workshops Review No.3 '04
| From: | Benct Philip Jonsson <bpj@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, January 24, 2004, 18:29 |
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At 17:43 23.1.2004, Andreas Johansson wrote:
>Etymology of 'Aestan?
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>(Melroch is transparently "horselover", ie "Philip".)
It's the past participle from GAYAS which in 'The Etymologies'
meant 'dreadful' but later JRRT changed his mind and made it
mean 'blessed'. It is supposed to translate Benedictus,
but I kind of like the ambiguity!
There was a little discussion of the name on
elfling@yahoogroups.com. Search for the term
'holy dread' since 'Aestan' occurs in my sig.
/BP 8^)
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B.Philip Jonsson mailto:melrochX@melroch.se (delete X)
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