LL-L "Etymology" 2002.06.18 (06) [E]

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From: <burgdal32 at mac.com>
Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2002.06.18 (03) [D/E]

> From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Etymology
>
> For the dialects of the Eastern Friesland and Oldenburg area, 'lazy' is
> listed as _leu_ ~ _loi_ ([lQ:j] ~ [lo:j]?) and _lei_ (= Holder Weigelt's
> "la:j"), and there is _Leuwams_ and _Leiwams_ for 'lazy person' (_Wams_
> being 'belly' I surmise).
>
> I wonder if _Leuwagen_ is related to the above.  We use it also
Dutch: luiwagen
> elsewhere, not only in Low Saxon (Low German) but also in various North
> German dialects.  It denotes a scrubber, i.e., a scrubbing brush with a
> long handle (i.e., a scrubbing brush [= "waggon") for the lazy, those
> who don't want to scrub the floor kneeling?).
>
> In other Low Saxon dialects, 'lazy' is _fuul_ [fu:l] ("foul") or, in a
> somewhat less negative way, _lösig_ ['l9:zIC] (also 'tired',
> 'exhausted', 'weakened').  A lazy person can be called _Fuuljack_
> ['fu:ljak] (< _Jack_ 'jacket'), _Fuulwams_ ['fu:lva.ms] (< _Wams_
Dutch: luiwammes
> 'belly'), or _Fuulpuup_ ['fu:lpu:p] (< _Puup_ 'fart').  'To be lazy' can
> be rendered as _rümfulen_ ['rY.mfu:ln] ("to laze about"), _rümstahn_
> ['rY.mstQ:n] ("to stand around"), _rümdammeln_ ['rY.mda.ml=n] ("to hang
Flemish: rondwareren, (rond)dremmelen
> around idly"), _rümgammeln_ ['rY.mga.ml=n] ("to age/loiter about" <
> Scandinavian _gammel_ 'old_), and _leddiglopen_ ['lEdICloUpm=] ("to run
> idle/idly"), among several others.

>>From Flanders:
Leegaard= luiaard (E=lazy person)
leegelooielente= E: extremely slow and languid
looi = lui (looi zijn) (E lazy)
ijdelen= ledigen = ielen = legen (E/ to empty)
Je mag nooit met ijdele handen over het erf lopen (E: There is alwaeys
something you can do.

Luc Vanbrabant
Oekene

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