Difference between revisions of "Novo Nilbud"
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* '''Nizhni Novgorod:''' a Viking city in Russia → Dublin was a Viking city | * '''Nizhni Novgorod:''' a Viking city in Russia → Dublin was a Viking city | ||
| − | * '''Nibelung:''' allusions here to the opening of Wagner's ''Ring of the | + | * '''Nibelung:''' allusions here to the opening of Wagner's ''Ring of the Nibelung'' Cycle, ''Das Rheingold'', in which the Nibelung is trying to catch ([[cash cash]]) the frolicking Rheinmaidens, when a ray of light ([[swamplight]]) appears from below, revealing the Rheingold. |
[[Category:Latin phrases]] | [[Category:Latin phrases]] | ||
Latest revision as of 01:04, 24 March 2020
- novo: (Latin, ablative case) new
- Dublin (reversed)
- Nil: (French) Nile (see p. 23 lines 19-21)
- Nizhni Novgorod: a Viking city in Russia → Dublin was a Viking city
- Nibelung: allusions here to the opening of Wagner's Ring of the Nibelung Cycle, Das Rheingold, in which the Nibelung is trying to catch (cash cash) the frolicking Rheinmaidens, when a ray of light (swamplight) appears from below, revealing the Rheingold.
