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L O W L A N D S - L - 30 April 2010 - Volume 02<br>
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From: <span class="gd"><span style="color: rgb(0, 104, 28);">Hellinckx Luc</span></span><span class="gi"> </span><span class="go"><<a href="mailto:luc.hellinckx@gmail.com">luc.hellinckx@gmail.com</a>></span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">Subject: <span class="gi">LL-L "Lexicon"</span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="DE">Beste Hannelore,<br style="">
<br style="">
</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="DE">You wrote:<br>
<br>
> B. meint mit Flämmstirn das Glühwürmchen.<br>
><br>
> Und wie nennt ihr es in eurer Sprache?<br>
<br>
</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Called "ön blink-måå(ke)"
around here. Litterally: "gleaming maggot".<br>
<br>
> Wossidlo/Teuchert: Flämmstiern m. lampyris noctiluca, Johannis-,
Glühwürmchen; Irrlicht beim Schatzgraben; Schusterkugel; wildes Frauenzimmer;
auch Flämmstiert heit min Pierd im Hausstandsreim.<br>
</span><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="DE">><br>
> DUDEN 7 Etymologie der deutschen Sprache: Glühwürmchen (Anfang des 19.
Jh.s: Verkleinerungsbildung zu dem seit dem 18. Jh. bezeugten 'Glühwurm'; in
den Mundarten leben zahlreiche andere Benennungen, z.B. 'Johanniskäfer,
Johannisfünkchen, Zündwürmlein').<br>
><br>
> Und noch etwas: Maikäfer, melolontha vulgaris; ND Maikäwer, Maisäwer;<br>
> Maikäfer, flieg, Din Vadder is in'n Krieg, Din Mudder is in'n Rosengorden,
Hett de Schoh un Strümp verloren 1442; Burrkäwer, Burrsäwer; Syn. Eiksäwer;
übertr.: dee hett Burrkäwers er ist verrückt.<br>
<br>
"ne mojler" is the original word. </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">"Mojler" < maalder (D), miller (E), Müller (G)<br>
<br>
Kind greetings,<br>
<span style="color: rgb(136, 136, 136);"><br>
Luc Hellinckx, Halle, Belgium</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">From:
R. F. Hahn <<a href="mailto:sassisch@yahoo.com" target="_blank">sassisch@yahoo.com</a>></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Subject:
Lexicon</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Here
are some Germanic equivalents of the two May-related bugs Hanne mentioned:</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Latin: <b>Lampyridae</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">English: <b>firefly</b>, <b>glowfly</b>, <b>glow worm</b>, <b>lightning bug</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.5in;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;">Low Saxon: </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">Glimmaars</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;"> ~ </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">Glimmoors</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;"> (“gleam/glimmer arse”), </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">Glimmsteert</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;"> (“</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;">gleam/glimmer</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;"> tail”), </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">Glimmworm</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;">, </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">Glimmerworm</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;"> (“</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;">gleam/glimmer</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;"> worm/bug”), </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">Flämmsti(e)rn</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;"> (“flimmer star”)</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.5in;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;">Old Saxon: </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">glêmo<i></i></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.5in;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;">Dutch: </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">glimworm</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;"> (“</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;">gleam/glimmer </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;">worm/bug”), </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">glooiworm</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;"> (“glow worm/bug”), </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">vuurvlieg(je) </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;">(“(little) fire fly”)</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.5in;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;">Limburgish: </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">gleujwörmke</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;"> (“little glow worm/bug”) </span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.5in;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;">Danish: </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">ildflue</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;"> (“firefly”)</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.5in;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;">Norwegian: </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">lysbille</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;"> (“light bug”), </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">ildflue</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;"> (“firefly”), </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">sankthansorm</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;"> (“St. John’s worm”)</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.5in;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;">Swedish: </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">lysmask</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;"> (“light worm”)</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">German: </span><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">Glühwurm</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;"> (“glow worm/bug”), </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">Glühwürmchen</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;"> (“little glow worm/bug”), </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">Leuchtkäfer</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;"> (“gleam bug”)</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.5in;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;">Yiddish: </span></strong><strong><span dir="RTL" style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;" lang="HE">גליוואָרעם</span></strong><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;" lang="HE"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">glivorem</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;"> (“glow worm/bug”)</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;">Old German: </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">gleim, gleimo, glīm, glīmo, gleimilīn, glīmelīn,
klena, kleno</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;"></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.5in;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;"> </span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.5in;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;">Latin: </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">Melolontha</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;"></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.5in;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;">English: </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">cockchafer, may bug, billy witch, spang beetle</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.5in;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;">Low Saxon: </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">eekmulder</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;"> (“oak miller”),</span></strong><b><span style="font-family: Arial;"> Eiksäwer</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;">
(“oak beetle”)<strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;">, </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">Maisäver</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;">, </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">Maisebber</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;"> (“May beetle”), </span></strong><b>Burrkäwer</b>,
<b>Burrsäwer</b> (?)<strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;"></span></strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.5in;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;">Dutch: </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">meikever</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;"> (“May beetle”)</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.5in;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;">Afrikaans: </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">meikever</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;"> (“May beetle”)</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.5in;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;">Limburgish: </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">meijkitsj</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;"> (“May beetle”)</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.5in;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;">German: </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">Maikäfer</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;"> (“May beetle”)</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.5in;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;">Danish: </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">oldenborre</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;"> (?)</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.5in;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;">Norwegian: </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">oldenborre</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;"> (?)</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.5in;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;">Swedish: </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">ollonborre</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;"> (?)</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.5in;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;">Icelandic: </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">aldinbori</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;">,</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;"> aldinborri</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;"> (?)</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Happy May!<br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Regards,<br>
Reinhard/Ron<br>
Seattle, USA<br style="">
<br style="">
</span></p>
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