LL-L "Etymology" 2005.11.17 (02) [E/LS/German]

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17 November 2005 * Volume 02
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From: Reuben Epp <reuben at uniserve.com>
Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2005.11.16 (04) [LS]

Man- mit mien _pesern_  (G:'zündeln', E:'to play with fire') kann mi
schients woll kein Deubel wiederhelpen?!
Wees bedankt!
Allerbest Greutens
Johannes "Jonny" Meibohm

Reuben Epp reuben at uniserve.com replies:

Jack Thiessen in his "Mennonite Low German Dictionary"
of 2003 describes Plautdietsch "peesre" as follows:

peesre, intrans., w.v. brenne, verjagen, auch stark stauben,
in die Lüfte zom Vertreiben werfen, wie Federn. "Peesre"
bezeichnet auch Mennoniten, die einem andern Glauben
verfallen sind oder ihrem mennonitischen Glauben den
Rücken gekehrt haben;

to burn, to drive away or to disperse like feathers in the
wind. Also used of Mennonites who have adopted a
different faith or disowned their own credence.

Pol.: "pedzic"; vertreiben, brennen; to disperse or burn.

Cheers!

Reuben Epp

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From: Heiko Evermann <Heiko.Evermann at gmx.de>
Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2005.11.16 (04) [LS]

> Man- mit mien _pesern_  (G:'zündeln', E:'to play with fire') kann mi
> schients woll kein Deubel wiederhelpen?!
Ik heff dat in
http://www.low-bayern.de/books/Und_die_Meere_rauschen_ostpMundart.shtml
funnen. (Die bekanntesten ostpreußischen Mundartbegriffe)

Hartlich Gröten,

Heiko Evermann

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