http://blog.oup.com/2008/04/not-all-that-is-paltry-is-trivial-being-a-story-of-raggedy-assed-things-and-of-several-migratory-rags/ Academic insights for the thinking world. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:14:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://blog.oup.com/2008/04/not-all-that-is-paltry-is-trivial-being-a-story-of-raggedy-assed-things-and-of-several-migratory-rags/comment-page-1/#comment-145501 Justin T. Holl, Jr. Sat, 26 Apr 2008 02:44:15 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=1743#comment-145501 And perhaps "hounddog". And perhaps “hounddog”.

]]> http://blog.oup.com/2008/04/not-all-that-is-paltry-is-trivial-being-a-story-of-raggedy-assed-things-and-of-several-migratory-rags/comment-page-1/#comment-145457 John Cowan Wed, 23 Apr 2008 17:32:42 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=1743#comment-145457 I doubt that the derived sense 'slave' of <i>wealh</i> is relevant to <i>Wealhtheow</i>; surely the primary senses 'Roman, Celt' are more likely to be meaningful here. Of course, names aren't always literally applicable to their bearers, either: "Just because a person is named 'Don' doesn't mean he is the ruler of the world" (RFC 1178 by Don Libes). I doubt that the derived sense ’slave’ of wealh is relevant to Wealhtheow; surely the primary senses ‘Roman, Celt’ are more likely to be meaningful here. Of course, names aren’t always literally applicable to their bearers, either: “Just because a person is named ‘Don’ doesn’t mean he is the ruler of the world” (RFC 1178 by Don Libes).

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