LL-L "Etymology" 2004.01.20 (03) [E]

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From: burgdal32admin <burgdal32 at pandora.be>
Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2004.01.18 (06) [E]

> From: kcaldwell31 at comcast.net <kcaldwell31 at comcast.net>
> Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2004.01.18 (04) [E]
>
>> From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
>> Subject: Etymology
>>
>> Hmmm ... something "weird" is going on with this "wrought," though, at
> least
>> in English.  Yes, it *is* the old past participial form of "to work"
>> (<
> Old
>> English _wyrcan_), but it survives as an archaism with somewhat
> specialized
>> meanings: something like "forged" or "crafted"  in "wrought iron,"
>
> This reminds me - I have seen a number of Americans write "rod iron"
> instead
> of "wrought iron" (thanks to the American dental flap that makes the
> "t"
> sound like a "d").  So perhaps "wrought" is becoming less familiar
> these
> days.
>
> Kevin Caldwell
Hello,

In my West-Flemish we have the verb:
"wroeten / wrochte / gewrocht" but also: "wrochten/wrochtte/gewrocht",
meaning : to work hard.
Bewrocht = crafted.
Een werk = een gewrocht (E: a work)
In Dutch the verb is "wroeten/wroette/gewroet".
And we  also know:
arbeiden / werken /

Groetjes
luc vanbrabant
oekene

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