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</font></div><div><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">From: Mark and Ruth Dreyer <a href="mailto:mrdreyer@lantic.net">mrdreyer@lantic.net</a></font><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></font><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2011.07.02 (03) [EN]</font></div>
<div><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></font></div><div style="margin-left: 40px"><div><font color="#000099"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">From: "dealangeam" <<a href="mailto:atdelange@iburst.co.za">atdelange@iburst.co.za</a>></font></font></div>
<div><font color="#000099"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Beste Henry:</font></font></div><div><font color="#000099"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </font></font><font color="#000099"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br>
</font></font></div><div><font color="#000099"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Subject: LL-L "Names"</font></font><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font color="#000099"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br>
</font></font></div></div><div><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">This string is getting creepy...</font></div><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </font><div><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></font></div>
<div><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Ron wrote:</font></div><div><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">I don't know exactly about Middle Saxon, but the modern name "Matthias" is stressed on the second syllable and I don't see why this shouldn't have been the case with the precursor of the "Thies" variant.</font></div>
<font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </font><div><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Closely related is the name "Theis" which also occurs in the north of Germany and goes back to "Tewes" and (at least that's what I think) "Matthäus".</font></div>
<font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </font><div><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Henry wrote:</font></div><div><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">How about Tiwaz?</font></div>
<font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </font><div><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Henry, you make my hair stand up. Should I go & slaughter a black cock in the coppice out back, or walk lightly by?</font></div>
<font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </font><div><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Yes, could it be that a common name out of our pagan past lived on, from one evocating the name of Tiw to an abbreviation for MatThew?</font></div>
<font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </font><div><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Here in S. Africa the name can be stand-alone as Thuys, the diphthong being an upper vocal glide forward that the English just can't do. The Matthew in the Gospels is written Mattèüs, the accent on the second syllable, the vowel group consisting of two vowels, high-forward followed by schwa-rounded.</font></div>
<font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </font><div><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">"Mattèüs" to "-Thuys": One can see that if the first is an abbreviation of the second, then the two have parted & gone their separate way for an age.</font></div>
<font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </font><div><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Yrs,</font></div><div><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br>
</font></div><div style="margin-left: 0px"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Mark</font><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></font></div><div style="margin-left: 40px"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br>
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</font><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">From: Hannelore Hinz <<a href="mailto:hannehinz@t-online.de">hannehinz@t-online.de</a>></font><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></font><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2011.07.02 (03) [EN]</font><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br>
</font><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></font><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> Viellicht kann ick helpen...</font><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></font><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br>
</font><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Matthias* hier wüür ick ok de tweite Silbe betonen.</font><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></font><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> Matthias [hebr. Geschenk Jahwes (Gottes)]</font><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br>
</font><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> Nebenform (en): Matthäus;</font><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></font><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> Kurzformen: Tees von Matthäus, Theis von Matthias, nich begäng is Tewes ?</font><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br>
</font><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> Engl. Matthew;</font><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></font><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> frz. Matthieu;</font><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br>
</font><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> ital. Matteo;</font><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></font><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> finn. Matti</font><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br>
</font><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </font><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></font><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> (Lit.: DAS KLEINE VORNAMENBUCH (Bibliographisches Institut Leipzig . 1984)</font><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br>
</font><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></font><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> *Im Neuen Testament ist Matthias der Name des Apostels, der durch das Los dazu bestimmt wurde, Judas Ischariot zu ersetzen.</font><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br>
</font><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></font><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> Oewer mi dücht, dat giwwt womoeglich noch anner Verkloren.</font><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></font><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br>
</font><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> De Sommer hett uns hier all wedder verlaten... un wier so schön...</font><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></font><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></font><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> Hanne</font><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br>
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