Difference between revisions of "Brood"
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** '''Venice:''' the bride of the Adriatic → in FW Venice often contains allusions to Venus (i.e. [[Issy]]) | ** '''Venice:''' the bride of the Adriatic → in FW Venice often contains allusions to Venus (i.e. [[Issy]]) | ||
| − | * '''blood''' → [[L/R split]] → '''Sod's brood''' = '''God's blood''' (cf. the old oath ''''sblood''') | + | * '''blood''' → [[L/R split]] → '''Sod's brood''' = '''God's blood''' (cf. the old minced oath ''''sblood''') |
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| + | * '''blood:''' Shakespeare's Sonnet XIX: "Devouring Time, blunt thou the lion's paws, / And make the earth devour her own sweet brood; / Pluck the keen teeth from the fierce tiger's jaws, /And burn ''the long-lived phoenix in her blood''" | ||
Revision as of 10:59, 19 January 2014
- brood: offspring; children
- bride
- blood → L/R split → Sod's brood = God's blood (cf. the old minced oath 'sblood)
- blood: Shakespeare's Sonnet XIX: "Devouring Time, blunt thou the lion's paws, / And make the earth devour her own sweet brood; / Pluck the keen teeth from the fierce tiger's jaws, /And burn the long-lived phoenix in her blood"
