LL-L 'Etymology' 2010.12.22 (04) [EN]

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From: Utz H.Woltmann uwoltmann at gmx.de <dujardin at pandora.be>
   Subject: LL-L 'Etymology' 2010.12.22 (01) [EN]

On 22.12.2011 20:14, Denis Dujardin wrote:

> In dutch " een goeie lobbes" means "a good and friendly bloke". Always
> wondered which linguistic reference this one had.
>

Some centuries ago NDS "Lobbes" was something like EN "clumsy fellow".

NDS "Lobbe" was another word for EN "lip". NDS "Dikke Lobben" = EN "fat
lips".

NDS "Lobbe / Lubbe" was a "toby collar": "Een Krage groot als een temlyk
Wagenrad, dar de hochwyse Kop recht midden inne sat."

NDS "enen Lobben lopen laten" = EN "to play a dirty trick".

Kumpelmenten

Utz H. Woltmann

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