deigned; lorded; incoming

[Scot LaFaive]

Alas, it never shall since they make MST3K no more. Blast!
Scot


>From: "Mark A. Mandel" <mamandel at LDC.UPENN.EDU>
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>Subject: Re: deigned; lorded; incoming
>Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2007 14:06:33 -0500
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>Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at YAHOO.COM> sez:
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>In tonight's Sci-Fi Channel take on Beowulf (_Grendel_ [Nick Lyon, 2007]),
>Hrothgar says, "The gods have deigned that my land be cursed."  That means
>"ordained."
>
>   Earlier, Beowulf had referred to Hrothgar's "lorded" halls.  That means
>"lordly."
>
>   Later, as the Geats / gits / begin their bombardment of Grendel with
>balls
>of flaming castor oil, a Geatish warrior shouts "Incoming !"  That means
>"Outgoing !"
>
>   Not that the movie was bad.  To start with, Hygelac gave Beowulf a
>fully-automatic bazooka-crossbow with telescopic sight to help him fight
>Grendel. Another good part was when Grendel's mother kidnapped Ingrid.
>
><<<
>
>I'm still waiting for the data to support your conclusion...
>
>How long till it shows up on MST3K?
>
>-- Mark
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