Difference between revisions of "Forsin. Thy thingdome is given to the Meades and Porsons"

Revision as of 12:01, 25 April 2007

Upharsin: the writing on the wall, as recounted in Daniel 5:25-28: "And this is the writing that was written: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN. This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE, God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it; TEKEL, thou art weighed in the balances and art found wanting; PERES, thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians." → see also Many and Tieckle in this passage

Thingmote: the Viking place of public assembly in medieval Dublin → see thing mud a few lines above

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-Many. Tieckle. Forsin: mene. tekel. parsin, the writing on the wall ("And this is the writing that was inscribed: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, and PARSIN. This is the interpretation of the matter: MENE, God has numbered the days of your kingdom and brought it to an end; TEKEL, you have been weighed on the scales and found wanting; PARSIN, your kingdom is divided and given to the Medes and Persians." Daniel 5:25-28)
+* '''Upharsin:''' the writing on the wall, as recounted in Daniel 5:25-28: "And this is the writing that was written: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN. This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE, God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it; TEKEL, thou art weighed in the balances and art found wanting; PERES, thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians." &rarr; see also [[Many]] and [[Tieckle]] in this passage
+* '''Thingmote:''' the Viking place of public assembly in medieval Dublin &rarr; see [[thing mud]] a few lines above
+* '''poor sons'''
+* '''parsons'''
+* '''mead:''' a meadow