My mother's old Concise English Dictionary Literary Scientific and Technical
by Charles Annandale M.A. LL.D. published in London 1910, gives various
etymological facts under 'greet', incl. that in Anglo-Saxon the word is
'grétan', meaining to salute, hail, bid farewell and that Icelandic has it
as 'gráta', meaning to cry, which it still means. So instead of crying I'll
say 'Gleđilegt nýtt ár' to all. And may we have peace ...
Best
Árni
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on 12/31/02 4:12 PM, Patrick McManus at [log in to unmask] wrote:
> geraldine------my dictionary says gretings is ok shorter oxford
> cheers patrick
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Geraldine Monk <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2002 3:26 PM
> Subject: Re: Gretings
>
>
>> mmm a bit economical Roger - only one 'e'?
>> To redress the balance here's Greeeetings to
>> everyone!
>>
>> Odd when you think that greet means to weep.
>> So non-weepy greetings all round.
>>
>> G.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Roger Collett" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2002 2:54 PM
>> Subject: Gretings
>>
>>
>>> Happy New Year to all of you
>>>
>>> Roger Collett
>>>
>>> http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk
>>>
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