<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">L O W L A N D S - L - 06 January 2008 - Volume 03
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<br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">From: R. F. Hahn <</span><a style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="mailto:sassisch@yahoo.com" target="_blank">
sassisch@yahoo.com</a><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">> </span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Subject: Etymology<br><br>Folks,<br><br>I wonder if "spring" for a water source is primarily a Saxonism.<br><br>Modern English and Modern Low Saxon have this word alone (non-compound) with this meaning in common.
<br><br><b>(natural water) spring:</b><br><br>English:<br></span><ul style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">spring</span></li><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">wellspring
</span></li><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">source (< French)</span> <br></li></ul><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Old English:</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<ul style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><li>ǣder ~ ǣdre</li><li>ealdor<br></li><li>cielde</li><li>cwiella</li><li style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><b><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">spring ~ spryng</span>
</b></li><li style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><b>gespring</b></li><li>héofod</li><li>ord</li><li>ordfruma</li><li style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"><b>séaþ</b></li><li>þéote</li><li>wiell ~ wiella ~ wielle</li><li><b style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">
wiellgespring</b><br></li></ul><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
Modern </span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Low Saxon:<br></span><ul style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><li>spring ~ spreng ~ sprang<br></li><li>born</li><li>springborn
</li></ul><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Old Saxon:</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><ul style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><li style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">
<b>springi</b></li><li style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><b>gispring</b></li><li>born</li><li>burno</li><li>brunno</li><li>kwella</li><li>wella</li></ul><b style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">well:</b><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Modern English:</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><ul style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<li>well</li></ul><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Old English:</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><ul style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><li>pytt</li><li style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">
<b>séaþ</b></li><li>wiell ~ wiella ~ wielle</li></ul><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">(NB: </span><i style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">burna</i><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
'well water')</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Modern Low Saxon:</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<ul style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><li><b><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">sout</span></b> (pl. soyt)</li><li>born<br></li><li style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><b>spring ~ spreng ~ sprang</b></li></ul>
<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Old Saxon:<br></span><ul style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><li style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"><b>sōth</b></li><li>born<br></li></ul>
<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Notes:</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
Scots:</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><ul style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><li>spring:</li><ul><li><b><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">spring ~ spryng > </span></b><b><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">
springe ~ spryng ~ spreing ~ sprink</span></b> > ?</li><li>wiell ~ wiella ~ wielle > wele ~ weal > wall ~ wallie<br></li><li><b style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">wiellgespring > </b><b style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">
welespring ~ weal spring ~ wylsprynge</b> > ?</li></ul><li>well:<br><ul><li>wiell ~ wiella ~ wielle > wele ~ weal > wall ~ wallie</li></ul></li></ul><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">N.B. </span>
<i style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">burn</i><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> 'brook' (also in older English)</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Old Frisian:</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><ul style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><li>spring:</li><ul><li>burna</li><li>walla
</li></ul><li>well:</li><ul><li>burna</li><li>walla</li><li><b><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">sāth</span></b><br></li></ul></ul><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Old Low Franconian"</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<ul style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><li>spring:</li><ul><li>brunno</li></ul><li>well:</li><ul><li>putte</li><li>brunno<br></li></ul></ul><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Modern Dutch:
</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><ul style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><li>spring:</li><ul><li>bron<br></li><li><b style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">springbron</b><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">
</span></li></ul><li><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><font color="#000000">well:</font></span></li><ul><li><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><font color="#000000">bron</font></span></li><li><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">
<font color="#000000">wel</font></span></li><li><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><font color="#000000">put<br></font></span></li></ul></ul><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">German:</span><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" color="#000000">
<br></font><ul style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><li><font color="#000000">spring:</font></li><ul><li style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><b>gispring ~ gisprungi</b> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">> extinct?
</span><b><br></b></li><li>brunkwella > Quelle</li></ul><li>well:</li><ul><li>brunno</li></ul></ul><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Norse:</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<ul style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><li>spring:</li><ul><li>lind</li></ul><li>well:</li><ul><li>brunna</li><li>bruðr</li><li>kelda</li></ul></ul><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Gothic:
</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><ul style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><li>spring:</li><ul><li>brunna</li><li>kaldiggs<br></li></ul><li>well:</li><ul><li>brunna</li><li>kaldiggs<br>
</li></ul></ul><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">I'm also interested in the </span><i style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">séaþ</i><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
/ </span><i style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">sāth</span></i><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> / <i>sōth</i> group for 'well'. Is there any connection with "to seethe"?
<br><br>Any input would be welcome.<br><br>Reinhard/Ron<br><br></span>