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Author: Chernov
Email: antonchernov at msn dot com
Date: 2007-03-30 19:36:38
Subject: Re: Abbreviations in Bosworth/Toller
Thank you, Robert. I greatly appreciate your help.
Chernov
> Hello Chernov,
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> I have looked up the other words referred to as M. Du. in BT, amongst which you find daghe-raet “aurora, dawn”. This form appears in Jacob van Maerlant: Alexanders geesten, written ca. 1260 A. D.(and thus clearly Middle Dutch) The modern Dutch equivalent is morgenschemering, morgenrood etc. That should by way of analogy solve this nasty M-enigma. ;-)
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> Robert
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> > Thank you, Robert. I find all the given spellings still exist, especially in names.
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> > Chernov
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> > > Hello,
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> > > The modern Dutch form is wichelaar. The form as cited above is found in Kiliaan, Etymologicum Teutonicae Linguae, written in the 16th century. Whether this implies that wijcheler is still Middelnederlandsch I frankly don't know. The Leiden University has Het Groot Etymologisch Woordenboek van de Nederlandse Taal online, but the server is hard to reach.
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