medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Having just spent the last two weeks wandering around in villages and
vineyards in the Languedoc, can't help but remark that 'aire' today is the
word used for a motorway rest stop.
Stan Metheny
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From: "Nancy McKenna" <[log in to unmask]>
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Subject: Re: [M-R] Saint Mittre
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> How about "resting place" if it is related to a church yard/cemetary.
>
> Nancy
>
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> > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and
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> > German has a word of similar meaning, "der Driesch", seemingly related
> > to German "dreschen", English "thresh", etc. It too exists in toponyms
> > of ecclesiastical import, e.g. the "Gereonsdriesch", the street and
> > narrow park in Koeln (for the Deutsch-challenged, Cologne) behind the
> > formerly monastic church of Sankt Gereon.
> >
> > How does one say this in English? I translate "Driesch" privately as
> > "fallow area" but have long wondered if there isn't some other term for
> > it that has become conventional.
> >
> > Best again,
> > John Dillon
> >
> >
> > On Sunday, June 12, 2005, at 09:22 am, Denis Hue wrote:
> >
> >> Anyway, the "aire" is just a plane place; in the french rural
> >> tradition, it
> >> was the clear place where the wheat was threshed.
> >> Nowadays, it is the resting place bordering the highways.
> >> In old french, the "aire" is just a place non cultivated
> >
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