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From: Holger Weigelt <platt at HOLGER-WEIGELT.DE>
Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2001.12.20 (01) [E]

Hello Muriel !

In Eastern Friesland Low Saxon we have the word "mäiew" that
denotes "seagull" in general. "Koeb" means Larus argenteus and "mäiwkoeb"
is Larus ridibundus.
The same words are reported from the extinct Frisian language of the island
of Wangerooge. There they read: "meew", "kaab" and "mééwkaab". For Larus
argenteus there is also reported "sííliichkaab" (seal-seagull) from
Wangerooge.
We use "sîl" or "si:ling" for seal in Eastern Friesland but I never heard a
word similar to sííliichkaab here.
"Mâl" denotes "silly" or "ridiculous" but
also "bad", "ugly", "nasty", "unpleasant".  This word often occurs in
compound words where it is often shortened to mal~.
In his reply Ron quoted the word "Mallmöhl". This in Eastern Friesland
is "majmöölen".

Kind regards
Holger

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From: Ted.Harding at nessie.mcc.ac.uk
Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2001.12.20 (01) [E]

> From: AEDUIN at aol.com
> Subject: LL-L "Resources" 2001.12.19 (05) [E]
>
> In a message dated 19/12/01 22:42:21 GMT Standard Time,
> sassisch at yahoo.com writes:
>
>    The cornflowers (_bleuets_) in the corn field are to me the
>    complementary
>
> I thought bleuets were a species of fungi (spelt blewits in English?).
>
> Edwin Deady

In French, the cornflower is indeed "bleuet".

The fungus called "blewit" in English is the
Tricholoma saevum. The "petit atlas des champignons"
by Henri Romagnesi gives it the botanical name
Rhodopaxillus saevus; usually, he is good about
common names for fungi, but in this case the
best he can come up with is "Rhodopaxille ou
Tricholome terrible (ou des oies, ou amethyste)".

So I doubt that it's commonly called "bleuet",
though it's not impossible that this may be a
local common name somewhere (in the way that
common names have).

Season's Greetings to all!
Ted.

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