Difference between revisions of "Wielderfight"
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(Quote from Joyce's letter to Harriet Shaw Weaver of 15 November 1926; categorize) |
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* '''wieder:''' (''German'') again | * '''wieder:''' (''German'') again | ||
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* '''Widder:''' (''German'') ram → Aries? | * '''Widder:''' (''German'') ram → Aries? | ||
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Revision as of 11:40, 25 September 2009
- Joyce's letter to Harriet Shaw Weaver of 15 November 1926: "wielderfight = wiederfechten = refight"
- wieder: (German) again
- 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
- wild fight
- Widder: (German) ram → Aries?
