LL-L "Etymology" 2005.05.28 (03) [E/LS]

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A=Afrikaans Ap=Appalachian B=Brabantish D=Dutch E=English F=Frisian
L=Limburgish LS=Lowlands Saxon (Low German) N=Northumbrian
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From: heather rendall <HeatherRendall at compuserve.com>
Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2005.05.26 (07) [B/E]

OED links thane or thegn  with "someone who held land by military service"
but makes no lionk between the OHG 'degan' boy, servant, warrior, hero and
German 'degan' = warrior.

Its IE root *teknos is a  pp formation on base *teq - *toq-   to bring
forth   ( cf Gk teknon. Skr  taknam = child )

Heather

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From: "jonny" <jonny.meibohm at arcor.de>
Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2005.05.25 (08) [E]

Leyve Reynhard, Lowlanners,

--(first of all adressed to the whole circle: sorry for my drunken mail! But
those elder neighbours did make me drunk with just 3 glasses of ron and
sugar and water!)---
----

deyt my Leyd foyr dysse Mail! De Oulen hevvt my besoopen mookt, verdooriche
Gest!.
Man- nu' weyt ik ouk, wo ick dat Woord her kennen dou:

*thegn*:

>  But- I didn’t know this word- or something  similar in our LS-dialect-
> before. But I feeel myself near to it; it sounds, in a undefinable way,
> very inimate to me.

Opp Hougdyytsch kennt wi de "Zecken", in E: 'tick', un' dat waard ouk
bruukt för 'Kinner', 'Blaagen', de jymmer an jemmer Öllern 'rymmtrekken,
suugen un' 'zecken' dout.
Man- my dycht- hett heyl nix tou doun mit dat oule _thegn_.

With usual Greutens and Regards, but totally feeling remorsed and ashamed:

Johannes "Jonny" Meibohm

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