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| − | * ' | + | * [[Joyce's letter to Harriet Shaw Weaver of 15 November 1926]]: ''"wielderfight = wiederfechten = refight"'' |
| − | * | + | * '''wieder:''' (''German'') again |
| − | * | + | * '''wiel:''' (''Dutch'') wheel |
| − | * | + | * '''wiederfechten:''' (''German – unusual'') to fight again |
| − | * '' | + | * '''to yield or fight''' → typical language of courtly romances, such as those involving Sir [[Tristram]] |
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| + | * '''Alfred Lord Tennyson, ''Ulysses'', line 70:''' "To strive, to seek, to '''find''', and not to '''yield'''." | ||
| + | ** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulysses_%28poem%29 Wikipedia] | ||
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| + | * '''wielder:''' of his penis | ||
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| + | * '''wild fight''' | ||
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| + | * '''Widder:''' (''German'') ram → Aries? | ||
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| + | [[Category:German phrases]] | ||
| + | [[Category:masturbation]] | ||
Latest revision as of 01:18, 1 July 2020
- Joyce's letter to Harriet Shaw Weaver of 15 November 1926: "wielderfight = wiederfechten = refight"
- wieder: (German) again
- wiel: (Dutch) wheel
- wiederfechten: (German – unusual) to fight again
- to yield or fight → typical language of courtly romances, such as those involving Sir Tristram
- Alfred Lord Tennyson, Ulysses, line 70: "To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield."
- wielder: of his penis
- wild fight
- Widder: (German) ram → Aries?
