Re: Intergermansk - Three Rings

Rodlox wrote:
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> From: "Stephen Mulraney" <ataltanie@...>
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> Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2005 4:49 AM
> Subject: Re: Intergermansk - Three Rings
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>>>>>>Here's the "Three Rings" text. First part doesn't rhyme, but I
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>>As for the German words "dunkel" and "Herr", I can't think of English
>>cognates at the moment. Are there any still around?
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>  I thought "Herr" meant either "Mr" or "Sir"
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>  Herr Muller, for example.

Yes, but I was looking for an English *cognate*. "Sterben", for instance
has an English cognate in "starve". It doesn't *mean* "starve", though,
it means "die".

"Herr" also means "Lord", in both secular & religious senses.

s.
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