Re: A Writing on Speechken (was: An ungothroughsome riddle)

Am 03/09 00:20  Steg Belsky yscrifef:
> On Thu, 8 Mar 2001 14:23:55 -0500 John Cowan <jcowan@...>
> writes:
> > Steg Belsky wrote:
> > >> Go for it, O Roof-wyrm.
>
> > > Okay, i get the "wyrm" part, if you're doing something with my
> > email
> > > address.... but where does "roof" come from?  Isn't "fire" a
> > perfectly
> > > good native Germanic word?  And if it has nothing to do with my
> > email
> > > address, what is it? :-)
>
> > It's your name:  stegos < Greek 'roof'; English "thatch" is cognate.
> > --
> > There is / one art             || John Cowan
> > <jcowan@...>
> -
>
> Ah!  That makes much more sense now.
>
>
Then shouldn't Steg be Thaec-wyrm?


- andrew.
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Andrew Smith, Intheologus                       hobbit@earthlight.co.nz

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