LL-L "Etymology" 2010.02.06 (04) [EN]

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From: Paul Finlow-Bates <wolf_thunder51 at yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2010.02.05 (02A) [DE-NDS]

ld English had *hengest*



The tradtional founders of the Jutish kingdom of Kent were supposed brothers
Hengest and Horsa, possibly actually two versions of the name of the same
man.  Some writers claimed it was a male/female pairing, but that's probably
because people trained in the Classics thought -a was a feminine ending (it
is in Latin).  It's masculine in OE.



I don't think there is any modern survival of hengest, not even in dialects.



Paul

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From: "ds" <dstokely at infionline.net>
Subject: Etymology

David Stokely

Elkhart, Indiana

USA



From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: Etymology
 . . .  So it looks to me as though "spud" in the sense of "potato" started
outside
America, was then transported to North America (possibly by Scottish and/or
Northern English immigrants) and then became obsolete outside North America=
.Regards,
Reinhard/Ron
Seattle, USA

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