http://blog.oup.com/2011/12/dec-gleanings/ Academic insights for the thinking world. Thu, 23 May 2013 12:47:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://blog.oup.com/2011/12/dec-gleanings/#comment-247972 Meditations in the process of Winter Gleanings | Hold Your Future Sun, 22 Jan 2012 17:30:41 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=20464#comment-247972 [...] Meditations in the process of Winter Gleanings [...] [...] Meditations in the process of Winter Gleanings [...]

]]> http://blog.oup.com/2011/12/dec-gleanings/#comment-245798 Dave (Balashon) Mon, 02 Jan 2012 07:57:48 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=20464#comment-245798 I don't understand the mention of hadas (myrtle), but I suppose there is a possible connection between erusin, which Klein writes derives from the Akkadian ereshu (= to desire) and eros, which according to the Online Etymology Dictionary comes from erasthai, also meaning to desire. But I haven't seen any source that connects the Greek and Akkadian here. I don’t understand the mention of hadas (myrtle), but I suppose there is a possible connection between erusin, which Klein writes derives from the Akkadian ereshu (= to desire) and eros, which according to the Online Etymology Dictionary comes from erasthai, also meaning to desire. But I haven’t seen any source that connects the Greek and Akkadian here.

]]> http://blog.oup.com/2011/12/dec-gleanings/#comment-245366 John Cowan Wed, 28 Dec 2011 20:01:20 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=20464#comment-245366 In the spirit of the season, I will contribute to the public stock of harmless pleasure the Northern English and Scots words <i>twinter</i> and <i>thrinter</i>, from <i>twi-winter</i> and <i>thri-winter</i> respectively, meaning a two- and three-year-old cow, ox, horse, or (especially) sheep. They can be found in the OED2. In the spirit of the season, I will contribute to the public stock of harmless pleasure the Northern English and Scots words twinter and thrinter, from twi-winter and thri-winter respectively, meaning a two- and three-year-old cow, ox, horse, or (especially) sheep. They can be found in the OED2.

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