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From: Pat Reynolds <pat at caerlas.demon.co.uk>
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Dear All,

I am busily translating numerous books and papers from Dutch on my
thesis topic (wall anchors - muurankers).  One term which I'd like some
native speaker input on is 'gevelanker' (which isn't in the WNT).

Does this mean 'a metal tie from a gable which rises well above the roof
line, between the gable and the ridge of the roof'?  That is what is
labelled in Janse (_Building Amsterdam_ 2001, 47) as 'gable anchors',
[presumably as a translation of gevelankers - does anyone have the Dutch
original to hand?].

But sometimes I suspect the usage is more 'an anchor on a gable'. How
does this differ, to your mind, from 'muuranker'?  Are muurankers just
those seen on side walls?

Another query I have is the WNT ("anker II. 1. A"1) has 'verdronken
anker' (drunken anchor) in West-Flanders - this may be a typographical
error for 'verdroken anker' (sunken anchor).  The common Dutch usage is
'blind anker'.  Does any dialect have a 'drunken anchor'?  Is 'verdroken
anker' found other than in West-Flanders?

With best wishes to all,

Pat
(research student, University of York)

--
Pat Reynolds
pat at caerlas.demon.co.uk
   "It might look a bit messy now, but just you come back in 500 years time"
   (T. Pratchett)

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