LL-L "Etymology" 2005.05.21 (01) [E]

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From: Paul Finlow-Bates <wolf_thunder51 at yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2005.05.20 (03) [D/E/LS]


Lowlands-L <lowlands-l at lowlands-l.net> wrote:

Paul wrote:
> If I can be a geological nerd for a moment, diamond burns beautifully -
it's
> pure carbon, after all!

Yes, I had been wondering about that, but didn't know for sure. I thought
they would burn very slowly, if at all, beacuse they are so compressed that
no air could get inside them and they could only burn on the surface. So, do
they "melt" like a piece of hard candy?

Unfortunately, I've never owned any, so I can't try it out for myself... :-)

Gabriele Kahn

They burn brightly, apparently, but need to high ignition temperature (you
couldn't get one to burn wit a cigarette lighter or a match)

Paul

> yerne, gierne: cf. LS geyrn, D geern

Is this Scots "girn"? - I can't find it in the poems. Bloody graphics text
in rubbish fonts! :)

Sandy
http://scotstext.org/

I believe "girn" (also used in the English Lake District in the face-pulling
game of "gurning") is Old Norse *girnja*; the common process of consonant
inversion gives us Mod. E. "grin".  The same process is seen in *brid* to
"bird" for example.

Paul

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