LL-L "Etymology" 2005.05.06 (04) [E/LS]

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From: Elsie Zinsser <ezinsser at icon.co.za>
Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2005.05.06

Hi all,
It makes sense then that to 'curse someone to hell' is a cowardly act
on the part of the curser.
I guess Shakespeare meant this in his witches' "Fee, fie, foe!"

Regards,
Elsie Zinsser

Old English has a cognate: _fǣge_ (_fae^ge_) 'bound
to perish', 'moribund', 'going to be discarded', 'weakening', 'fading away',
'worsening', etc. (encompassing everything I would casually refer to as
"going to hell in a handbasket").
Old Saxon has _fêgi_  and Old German _feigi_
Old Norse has _feigð_ 'imminent death' and _feigr_ 'moribund', 'recently
died'.
Middle Dutch has _vêge_
Middle German _veige_, the latter giving
Modern German _feige_ 'cowardly'.
Modern English still has the now rarely used offspring "fey" in the sense of
'doomed to die', 'fatal', 'accursed', with the derivatives "feyly" and
"feydom."

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From: Arend Victorie <victorie.a at home.nl>
Subject: Etymology


Ben Bloomgren, You wrote:

Hi, all, is there any relationship between Dutch "bos" and Spanish "bosque"
pronounced boskay?
Ben

Moi Ben,

Your are right.
The Dutch "Bos"and the Spanish "Bosque"
do have the same meaning.

They stand for "Forrest"and "Bosky"

Arend Victorie.

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From: Arend Victorie <victorie.a at home.nl>
Subject: Etymology


Moi Ben,

There is an Spanish movie wich is called: "El bosque animado"
Wich means "The living forrest"
In Duch "Het levende bos"

Greetings
Arend Victorie.

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