LL-L "Etymology" 2012.10.01 (04) [EN-IS]

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From: Veturlidi Oskarsson veturlidi.oskarsson at nordiska.uu.se

Subject: LL-L "Administrativia" 2012.10.01 (01) [EN]


Dear friends:

what do we know about the the word MLG "wambeis", used about a sort of a
jacket, in the 15th century and probably before and after. Schiller &
Lübben 5:581 have the forms wambōs, wambois, wambes, wambus och
wammis; in Dutch the forms wambuis and the shortening buis are found, I
think, and the meaning is ’shirt’ or something like that. I would
especially be intrested in such shortened forms, "buis", "bois" etc. Do
they exist, are they still in use, are they Dutch or Low German? Who uses
them? Are they used of fisherman clothes etc.

Thank you,

Veturliði Óskarsson
Uppsala

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From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: Etymology

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