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Re: war and death are in my hand

From:Aidan Grey <frterminus@...>
Date:Monday, June 11, 2001, 3:42
--- Sally Caves <scaves@...> wrote:
> See! I from Hell's sisterhood [am], > And War and Death in my grip. > > {and swords and warriors in my iron womb) > (I added a line from the Gospel of Grorel)
What is the Gospel of Grorel? It sounds conculturish... At any rate, I like the extra line, and here's an Aelya translation: Ei! Na'n lh?orellath Siathe, a hOeth a Bhas se?m paur, a Mheila a Mheitha se?m breu ang. Pronunciation: /ej na:n Ko:r@l:aT SaTe @ hojT @ va:s sem pawr @ vejl@ @ vejT@ sem brew aN/ Interlinear: Ei : Hey, behold, look, Oh! < Q. aiya Na en lho orell -ath Siatha -e Be 1sg from sister-ABS Scathach-gen a oeth a bas se en paur & war & death in 1sg fist a meil -a a meith -a se en bru ang & sword-PL & warrior-PL in 1sg womb iron Vocab: lho < Q. -(e)llo orell < Q. oselle 'sister' oeth < Q. ohta 'war' bas < OI. bas 'death' se < Q. -(e)sse paur < S. poor 'fist' meil < Q. macil 'sword' meith < Q. mehtar 'warrior' bru < OI bru 'womb, hill' ang < Q anga 'iron' Note that there is no word for Hell in Aelya. Instead, they invoke Siatha/Scathach, who ran THE school for warriors on the Isle of Skye. Aidan __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/

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