Difference between revisions of "Auldstane eld"

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(New page: *'''Old Stone Age:''' the Neolithic Era *'''stane:''' (''Old English'') stone (''dative case'') *'''auld:''' (''Scots'') old *'''eld:''' old age; antiquity *'''''Auld Lang Syne'':''' a...)
 
 
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*'''Old Stone Age:''' the Neolithic Era
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* '''Old Stone Age:''' the Palaeolithic Era → Vico's first age, the divine or theocratic age
  
*'''stane:''' (''Old English'') stone (''dative case'')
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* '''stane:''' (''Old English'') stone (''dative case'')
  
*'''auld:''' (''Scots'') old
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* '''auld:''' (''Scots'') old
  
*'''eld:''' old age; antiquity
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* '''eld:''' (''archaic'') old age; antiquity
  
*'''''Auld Lang Syne'':''' a traditional Scots song sung at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Day; the title literally translates as "old long since" → [[auldstane eld]] in the same line
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* '''stone ... elm:''' symbols that represent [[Shaun]] and [[Shem]] respectively throughout FW
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* '''''Auld Lang Syne'':''' a traditional Scots song sung at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Day; the title literally translates as "old long since" → [[lang time agone]] in the same line
 
** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%27Auld_Lang_Syne%27 Wikipedia]
 
** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%27Auld_Lang_Syne%27 Wikipedia]
  

Latest revision as of 14:05, 15 November 2010

  • Old Stone Age: the Palaeolithic Era → Vico's first age, the divine or theocratic age
  • stane: (Old English) stone (dative case)
  • auld: (Scots) old
  • eld: (archaic) old age; antiquity
  • stone ... elm: symbols that represent Shaun and Shem respectively throughout FW
  • Auld Lang Syne: a traditional Scots song sung at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Day; the title literally translates as "old long since" → lang time agone in the same line