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| − | *''L'' roridus: dewy, | + | * ''L'' roridus: dewy |
| − | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rory_O%27Connor Rory O'Connor] was [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_King_of_Ireland High King of Ireland] when [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_II_of_England Henry II] came from the East. | + | **"At the rainbow's end are dew and the colour red": Joyce, letter, 15/11/26 to [[Harriet Shaw Weaver]] |
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| + | * Rory, Ruaidhrí, Roderic: variants of an Irish name which means "red-haired" | ||
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| + | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rory_O%27Connor Rory O'Connor], or Ruaidhrí Ua Conchubair, was [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_King_of_Ireland High King of Ireland] when [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_II_of_England Henry II] came from the East. He was the last native King of Ireland, hence "Rory end". | ||
| + | ** [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=turn&entity=JoyceColl001600160299&q1=Roderick Third Census of Finnegans Wake] | ||
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| + | * "bloody end to the lie = no lie" - Joyce, letter, 15/11/26 to [[Harriet Shaw Weaver]] | ||
| + | ** Hence, "rory end to the..." means "no end to the..." → the cyclical history of FW goes on and on | ||
| + | ** cf. ''Scots'' nary an end: never an end | ||
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| + | * ''AngI'' bloody end to the...: damn the..., to hell with the... | ||
| + | ** ''Ulysses'' 293.03: "Arrah! bloody end to the paw..." | ||
| + | ** ''Ulysses'' 241.23: "blooming end to it" | ||
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| + | * gory: bloody → red | ||
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| + | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roderic Roderic]: last Visigothic king of Spain | ||
Revision as of 05:55, 13 June 2006
- L roridus: dewy
- "At the rainbow's end are dew and the colour red": Joyce, letter, 15/11/26 to Harriet Shaw Weaver
- Rory, Ruaidhrí, Roderic: variants of an Irish name which means "red-haired"
- Rory O'Connor, or Ruaidhrí Ua Conchubair, was High King of Ireland when Henry II came from the East. He was the last native King of Ireland, hence "Rory end".
- "bloody end to the lie = no lie" - Joyce, letter, 15/11/26 to Harriet Shaw Weaver
- Hence, "rory end to the..." means "no end to the..." → the cyclical history of FW goes on and on
- cf. Scots nary an end: never an end
- AngI bloody end to the...: damn the..., to hell with the...
- Ulysses 293.03: "Arrah! bloody end to the paw..."
- Ulysses 241.23: "blooming end to it"
- gory: bloody → red
- Roderic: last Visigothic king of Spain
