LL-L: "Etymology" (was "History") LOWLANDS-L, 08.FEB.2001 (01) [E/LS]

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 A=Afrikaans, Ap=Appalachean, D=Dutch, E=English, F=Frisian, L=Limburgish
 LS=Low Saxon (Low German), S=Scots, Sh=Shetlandic, Z=Zeelandic (Zeeuws)
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From: Reiner Brauckmann [Reiner.Brauckmann at FernUni-Hagen.de]
Subject: LL-L: "History" LOWLANDS-L, 06.FEB.2001 (02) [E]

> From: Henry Pijffers [henry.pijffers at fluffyonline.cjb.net]
> Subject: LL-L: "History" LOWLANDS-L, 05.FEB.2001 (02) [D/E]
>
...
> >> The saxons got their name from a kind of sickle:
> >
....
> I only know of Dutch _zeis_ and Low-Saxon _seise_,
> other than that, I can't come up with anything.
>
> Henry
>
Bi us küert sik dat Ding Seisse. Und ek heff mi lestet Jaohr noch
en nigges Seissenblatt kaupt. Wilen de Seisse beätter te bruken
es as düese saugenaimten elektrischen Fadenschneider.

Doch wo werd ne Sickel tau brukt? Kennt It irgend ne Arbeit, wo ne
Sickel wat bat?. Dat Dingen dögt doch för nix. Und düetwegen es
klipp und klaor, wenn It siett: I can't come up with anything.

Gued gaohn
Reiner

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From: R. F. Hahn [sassisch at yahoo.com]
Subject: Etymology

Henry, Reiner, Leeglanners,

In de nordsassischen Dialekten heett ingelsch _scythe_ (< old-ingelsch _siðe
-- düütsch _Sense_) "Seeß" [zEIs] (f., p. _Seßen_ ['zEIs=n]) or _"Seiß" [zaIs]
(f., p. _Seißen_ ['zaIs=n]).

In de meersten nordsassischen Dialekten heett ingelsch _sickle_ (<
old-ingelsch _sicol_ < latiensch _secula_ > düütsch _Sichel_) _Sicht_ [zICt]
(f., pl. _Sichten_ ['zICt=n]).

De Diminutiv-Formen "Seßel" ['zEIs=l] (f., pl. "Seßeln" ['zEIs=ln]) or
"Seißel" ['zaIs=l] (f., pl. "Seißeln" ['zaIs=ln]) köönt "Seeß" (_scythe_) or
"Sicht" (_sickle_) bedüden.

Gröten,
Reinhard/Ron

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