LL-L: "Etymology" LOWLANDS-L, 26.FEB.2001 (02) [E/LS]

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From: Reiner Brauckmann [Reiner.Brauckmann at FernUni-Hagen.de]
Subject: LL-L: "Etymology" LOWLANDS-L, 23.FEB.2001 (03) [E]

> I have always wondered about the Low Saxon (Low German) masculine noun
>.....~ _Duckdalben_
>.  It denotes a group or row of large
> poles or posts, partly submerge in water, to which  moored ships are
tied.
>
> I have never come across *_Dalben_ or *_Dalven_ by itself.
>
> Regards,
> Reinhard/Ron

Düeset Waterbauweärks es erfunnen worn van Hertog d'Alba.
Borüm  de Lüe denn de besunnere Anordnung van Pöhle und Pöste
im Water Dalben nömt weit ek nit.
Gued gaohn
Reiner

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