Re: war and death are in my hand

--- 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



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