LL-L "Lexicon" 2005.12.18 (02) [E]

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   L O W L A N D S - L * 18 December 2005 * Volume 2
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From: Heiko Evermann <heiko.evermann at gmx.de>
Subject: LL-L noch ein vermisstes Wort

Moin Ron, moin everyone,

I am (once again) looking for a missing word in Low Saxon. Again my
dictionaries leave me standing in the rain.
I am looking for translations of High German
1) eindeutig (unambiguous)
2) zweideutig
N) mehrdeutig  (ambiguous)

I have found
Dutch
1) ondubbelzinnig
2) dubbelzinnig
N) dubbelzinnig

and Swedish
1) entydig
2) tvetydig
N) mångtydig

My LS-dictionaries don't give me a clue. I have, however, found 1) 
"eendüdig"
several times on the web and 2) "mehrdüdig" once on
www.botschaft-ostfriesland.de/ cgi-bin/skripte/scriptp_wortbuch.pl?view=m

is "mehrdüdig" correct or is it a HG influence? Can dubbelsinnig be 
confirmed
in LS literature? Any other suggestions?

Thanks a lot for your help,

kind regards,

Heiko Evermann

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From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: Lexicon

Moin, Heiko!

_...duydig_ (_...düdig_), like the verb _duyden_ (_düden_) 'to point out' 
and the adjective/adverb _duydlich_ (_düütlich_) 'clear(ly)', 
'unambiguous(ly)', is a long established word, and I don't perceive it as 
German-derived.  Both have ancestors in Middle Saxon at the very least.

Without much pondering, I would use the following or would perceive them as 
acceptable if I heard or read them:

(1) unambiguous, unequivocal:
               eynduydig (eendüdig)

(2) ambiguous, equivocal (between two choices):
               tweyduydig (tweedüdig)*
               dubbelsinnig ~ dobbelsinnig

(3) ambiguous, equivocal (between many choices):
               meyrduydig (mehrdüdig)**

* e.g., _tweybedacht_ (_Tweebedacht_) as an alternative to
   _twywel_ (_Twiewel_) 'doubt'

** e.g., _meyrvoldig_ (_mehrfolig_) 'manifold', 'multifaceted',
    'multifarious' (German _vielfältig_)

I would accept the above suggestions as "technical" terms.  In natural, 
chatty style they might be paraphrased; e.g., (1) _Daar gifft 't man bloots 
een Bedüden för_, (2) _Dat kannst up tweerlei Wies' verstahn_, _Dat kann 
twee Bedüden hebben_, _Dat kannst so or so verstahn_, (3) _Dat kann 'n Barg 
Bedüden hebben_, _Dat kann 'n Hümpel Saken bedüden_, etc.

I wonder what others think.

Kumpelmenten,
Reinhard/Ron 

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