medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Not so quick. It still could have come from the French (monks in England) and
have originated with the Greek Basileus--though I am not sure why. There is
more work to be done here. I'm just not up to it yet. By the way, will you
stop referring to my forefathers as 'chest-thumping, beer-swilling
barbarians...' They were back-stabing, beer-swilling barbarians. Chest
thumping does not arrive until gorillas were brought from Africa.
--V. K. Inman
Quoting Rochelle Altman <[log in to unmask]>:
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
>
> Hi Terrill,
>
> Neat. Somebody had better write a note to the OED... because
> this means that the word was not imported from French --
> it was already in the word hoard. but you know, those
> chest-thumping, beer-swilling barbarians ... and all that
> would never have come up with "fancy" words. :-D
>
> Thanks!
>
> Rochelle
>
> Terrill Heaps wrote:
>
> > Rochelle Altman wrote:
>
> > I can't recall at the moment if basilisk was translated into OE, but they
> >
> >> usually came up with translations of critters, not transliterations,
> >
> > Just checking my email before I climb into bed at 0100 a.m. This is
> > the best I can do just now, too sleepy to think. See line 32, below.
> >
> > 26 Forþon he his englum bebead, þæt hi mid earmum þe
> > on heora handum heoldan georne,
> > þæt þu wilwega wealdan mostest.
> > And þe on folmum feredan swylce,
> > 30 þe læs þu fræcne on stan fote spurne.
> > þu ofer aspide miht eaðe gangan,
> > and bealde nu _basiliscan_ tredan,
> > and leon and dracan liste gebygean.
> >
> > For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy
> > ways.
> > They shall bear thee in their hands, that thou hurt not thy foot against
> > a stone
> > Thou shalt go upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon
> > shalt thou tread under thy feet.
> >
> > In the current numeration of the Psalter, this is from Psalm 91 (Qui
> > habitat) vss. 11-13. The Old English is from the Paris Psalter.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Terrill
> >
>
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