... The DE, SV & DN refer to the Virgin Mary. The EN to Our Lady in the sense of the Virgin Mary. ... NL ... OK didn't realise that. A FS word like SORGEN...
... We could, from what I've seen in my dictionaries all these words are a bit of a jumble, with overlapping meanings. ... http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com...
... than ... to a ... Or plummet, posibly... ... heavy ... word ... of ... I think Dutch had "blij", but that it's now obsolete... ... possibly ... DN ... ...
... I believe "ørlar" are a cognate of a very archaic Swedish word "yrla". However, it means "wander without direction", almost as SV "irra". I thought it was...
... I can't find a Dutch adjective that is related to eklig/äcklig. But Dutch does have "eikel" which Interglot translates as asshole/shithead. But Dutch...
... Get a new dictionary! :oD NL has akelig, meaning: dismal, dreary, nasty, grim, ghastly, lugubrious, horrid, doleful etc. etc. Jan-Willem Send instant...
... Eikel means acorn. But in the sense you referred to above, it means litterally "dickhead";. And I'm sure my VanDale will also list eikelig. "do niet zo...
... http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com I checked Vandale.nl and no eikelig. But "eikel" had three meanings: acorn, the bell-end of the penis, and a clumsy person. ...
... I checked my hard-copy, and it isn't there either. But that merely means that it doesn't exist in print. Everyone would understand it. :o) ... I wouldn't...
... Association? I don't think there is any connection. "Eikel" Acorn/Glans is probably from "eik" (oak)- with a diminutive "el" at the end. According to SEOB,...
... In SCY the word for acorn is "agane", which stems from ON akarn, clearly a cognate of acorn and related to eikel. Btw, the Danish word is "agern". The...
... eklig/äcklig. But ... means ... eikelig. ... penis, and ... clearly a ... "bokollon";). ... insult ... There are a lot of berries ending with -on in...
Now it sounds like someone is dropping a bag of potatoes "upstairs";, so I came to think about FS words for thunders and lightnings. Thunder in all core langs...
... so I came ... Donnerstag. The ... I neither think dr*n is related to thunder, nor that it means "rumble", like the Scandinavian words, rather both the...
... "Blix" is good for me. Slovio also has "blisk", so cognate words must be in several Slavic languages as well. I also think FS needs a word for spark. I...
... EN drone ... must be in several Slavic ... find any word that is in 3/ ... "blixel" or "blixkin?" ... There are many words like glitter etc, with common...
... Hmm, I not so sure about the "r" in "Tyrsday". Why not "Tysday". The Saturday word is also problematic, since the German and Scandinavian words are ...
... "upstairs";, ... Feuer) ... with some ... döna + ... Sonndág ... Sorry. I meant to say: ... Scandinavian words are ... English/Dutch version. Yeah, I...
... I have heard scandy "lördag" and english "saturday"; means the same: washing day. Is this true? or is that just the case in the scandlangs? Aron...
... Well, german has also Samstag, so at least the abbreviation SA on calendars and such would be recognizable. Jan-Willem Send instant messages to your online...
... <hakans@w...> ... <hakans@w...> ... Thursday, DE ... dön SV dån ... means ... English ... better... ... vuur DE ... etc) with ... words ... I can't ... ...
... www.etymonline.com Ger. Samstag (O.H.G. sambaztag) appears to be from a Gk. *sambaton, a nasalized colloquial form of sabbaton "sabbath," also attested in ...
OK, I don't know if this has been discussed before... =S, but here are proposals for all the astrological signs in Folk-sprák... Aries - Weððer(Ramm) (En:...
... Chinésisc astrologí Ratte/Mûs (En: Rat De: Maus Nl: Rat Se: Råtta Dk: Rotte No: Rotte) (Cf De Ratte/Ratze) Ox/ks(e) (En: Ox De: Rind Nl: Os Se: Oxe Dk:...
... tvilling) ... Just as a footnote, I found the Yiddish names for the signs on a page, I believe these words are derived from Hebrew, they look rather ...
