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GrahamH
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Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 4:07 pm
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| Riccardo wrote: | | Dawg, this is OT, but love your sig. But not being so fluent in Middle English, what do you think "clene" means? |
Still OT and definitely not Dawg, but:
Clene, adj. clean, MD, S; adv. entirely, penitus, MD, S, S2; clenner, comp., W2.--AS. clæ*ne; cp. OHG. kleini, fine, tender, kleino, 'penitus' (Otfrid).
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michaelgreenhill
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Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 4:41 pm
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I've done some testing and tweaking, and it works on at least five threads in there.
Let me know if there's any other problems with it 
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GrahamH
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Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 5:21 pm
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| michaelgreenhill wrote: | I've done some testing and tweaking, and it works on at least five threads in there.
Let me know if there's any other problems with it |
There is no problem now. Thanks.
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Riccardo
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Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 7:49 pm
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| GrahamH wrote: | | Riccardo wrote: | | Dawg, this is OT, but love your sig. But not being so fluent in Middle English, what do you think "clene" means? |
Still OT and definitely not Dawg, but:
Clene, adj. clean, MD, S; adv. entirely, penitus, MD, S, S2; clenner, comp., W2.--AS. clæ*ne; cp. OHG. kleini, fine, tender, kleino, 'penitus' (Otfrid).
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Thanks. In other words "cut clean off"
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TheLoadedDog
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Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 11:22 pm
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Yeah, I reckon that's pretty much it.
It might be a little bit too late to qualify as "Middle English". You can find the original quote on this Wikipedia page. Since I was a primary school lad and read about it in a book, I've been fascinated by the phantom black dogs/hellhounds/shucks of East Anglia and other Pommy places.
The full quote (I had to edit it to fit the sh1tty sig limits) is:
“ This black dog, or the divel in such a linenesse (God hee knoweth al who worketh all,) runing all along down the body of the church with great swiftnesse, and incredible haste, among the people, in a visible fourm and shape, passed between two persons, as they were kneeling uppon their knees, and occupied in prayer as it seemed, wrung the necks of them bothe at one instant clene backward, in somuch that even at a mome[n]t where they kneeled, they stra[n]gely dyed. "
| Quote: | | One of the most notable reports of Black Shuck is of his appearance at the churches of Bungay and Blythburgh in Suffolk. On the August 4, 1577, at Blythburgh, Black Shuck is said to have burst in through the church doors. He ran up the nave, past a large congregation, killing a man and boy and causing the church tower to collapse through the roof. As the dog left, he left scorch marks on the north door which can be seen at the church to this day. |
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TheLoadedDog
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Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 11:28 pm
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As I recall, the original Shuck I read about as a child was a black hound the size of a large man or bigger, with glowing red eyes, three heads, and five tails. I seem to recall something about its being the harbinger of death to those who saw it.
Pretty cool, eh?
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GrahamH
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Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 9:55 am
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The nominal dates for Middle English are from the Norman invasion in 1066 and the accession of King Henry VII in 1485. The generally accepted time period is 1100 - 1500. The transition period to early Modern English is 1400 - 1660. This was the English of SE England centred on London. Spelling started being ordered with the introduction of the the printing press from 1485 but the first significant dictionary was in 1755.
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belfordrocks
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Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2008 8:46 pm
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Edit: Never mind it's working now 
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