LL-L "Body parts" 2002.07.08 (08) [E]

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From: Holger Weigelt <platt at HOLGER-WEIGELT.DE>
Subject: LL-L "Body parts" 2002.07.08 (05) [E]

>From: "Luc Hellinckx" <luc.hellinckx at pandora.be>
>Subject: Bowels.
>
>Beste leeglanners,
>there is
>something
>that has often puzzled me.
>In Brabantish there is this expression : "Goed a oren vullen" (nasal o),
>which would be "Goed je aderen vullen" in standard Dutch. It's said when
>a
>person has been able to eat a lot of food.
>What first seemed pretty strange to me was that "aderen" (D), "veins"
>(E),
>"athera" (Old-Saxon), "椲e" (Old English), which are blood vessels,
>were
>believed to contain food...
>Further research showed that "inadere" (Middle Dutch) referred to
>"bowels".
>Old Saxon also had the expression "ut innathrian" meaning : "removing
>the
>intestines of an animal". Also Middle Irish "inathar" (= bowels). Even
>Greek
>has its cognates "etor" and "etron" respectively signifying "heart" and
>"belly".
>
>Is there another region in the Lowlands where "aderen" are used in
>connection with "food" ?
>
>Greetings,
>
>Luc Hellinckx
>
Hello Luc !
In the course of time such expressions often get bowdlerized because
under
changes of the language the genuine meaning isn't understood any more.
If I
read Your "Goed a oren vullen" it reminds me to Low Saxon "bit an d'
o:ren
ful" (filled up to the ears) which probably makes more sense than to
assume
that people once thought the veins to carry food.
Kind regards
Holger

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