Jack Holt
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Sifs hår, 1897 | SMK Open
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November 19, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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Still in use, a little.
“But she to Almesbury Fled all night long by glimmering waste and weald.” — Tennyson, Idylls of King
“The Weald…stretching along the coast of the Channel from Folkstone to Beachy Head, and thence westwards into the interior as far as … Sussex and Hampshire.”
“But she to Almesbury Fled all night long by glimmering waste and weald.” — Tennyson, Idylls of King
“The Weald…stretching along the coast of the Channel from Folkstone to Beachy Head, and thence westwards into the interior as far as … Sussex and Hampshire.”
November 19, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Still in use, a little.
“But she to Almesbury Fled all night long by glimmering waste and weald.” — Tennyson, Idylls of King
“The Weald…stretching along the coast of the Channel from Folkstone to Beachy Head, and thence westwards into the interior as far as … Sussex and Hampshire.”
“But she to Almesbury Fled all night long by glimmering waste and weald.” — Tennyson, Idylls of King
“The Weald…stretching along the coast of the Channel from Folkstone to Beachy Head, and thence westwards into the interior as far as … Sussex and Hampshire.”
It sure looks like it, doesn’t it?
Sapin is also English < Middle English, < Middle French, sapin < Latin sapinus, sappinus
Said to be of Gaulish origin;
akin to
Welsh syb-wydd, fir,
Cornish sib-nit, silver fir;
akin to Old Slavic sokŭ, sap
[Old English sæp, sap might be related too?]
Sapin is also English < Middle English, < Middle French, sapin < Latin sapinus, sappinus
Said to be of Gaulish origin;
akin to
Welsh syb-wydd, fir,
Cornish sib-nit, silver fir;
akin to Old Slavic sokŭ, sap
[Old English sæp, sap might be related too?]
November 19, 2025 at 6:43 PM
It sure looks like it, doesn’t it?
Sapin is also English < Middle English, < Middle French, sapin < Latin sapinus, sappinus
Said to be of Gaulish origin;
akin to
Welsh syb-wydd, fir,
Cornish sib-nit, silver fir;
akin to Old Slavic sokŭ, sap
[Old English sæp, sap might be related too?]
Sapin is also English < Middle English, < Middle French, sapin < Latin sapinus, sappinus
Said to be of Gaulish origin;
akin to
Welsh syb-wydd, fir,
Cornish sib-nit, silver fir;
akin to Old Slavic sokŭ, sap
[Old English sæp, sap might be related too?]
Is this related to Old English sæp, sap?
November 19, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Is this related to Old English sæp, sap?
Hmm. Looks like a kenning for the grave or death.
November 19, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Hmm. Looks like a kenning for the grave or death.
In actual use, it seems like it meant something different from the Old Norse version. The OED has:
1. A malevolent goddess or female demon, esp. one associated with war or violence. (E.g. Bellona, the Gorgons, and the Furies)
2. In extended use (in collocation with witch): a sorceress, a witch.
1. A malevolent goddess or female demon, esp. one associated with war or violence. (E.g. Bellona, the Gorgons, and the Furies)
2. In extended use (in collocation with witch): a sorceress, a witch.
November 16, 2025 at 5:57 AM
In actual use, it seems like it meant something different from the Old Norse version. The OED has:
1. A malevolent goddess or female demon, esp. one associated with war or violence. (E.g. Bellona, the Gorgons, and the Furies)
2. In extended use (in collocation with witch): a sorceress, a witch.
1. A malevolent goddess or female demon, esp. one associated with war or violence. (E.g. Bellona, the Gorgons, and the Furies)
2. In extended use (in collocation with witch): a sorceress, a witch.
This is one of the few of these entries that I actually knew, but only from Tolkien, hobbit < hol-býtla
November 16, 2025 at 5:29 AM
This is one of the few of these entries that I actually knew, but only from Tolkien, hobbit < hol-býtla
Strangely, this is making me wonder what an old English translation of morning has broken might look like…
Somebody smarter than me needs to do that !! 😆
Somebody smarter than me needs to do that !! 😆
November 16, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Strangely, this is making me wonder what an old English translation of morning has broken might look like…
Somebody smarter than me needs to do that !! 😆
Somebody smarter than me needs to do that !! 😆
ȝiet oft tymys hope ðwerted tendeth to dispayre
July 24, 2025 at 3:56 AM
ȝiet oft tymys hope ðwerted tendeth to dispayre
