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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Etymologies #1538 09/24/01 10:27 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Etymologies when learned, can be indeed interesting. But conversely, there are words for which the etymology may be very difficult to discover. In Chaucer's The Knight's tale, from the Canterbury Tales, the word "anlass" is translated as "dagger". Who can tell me the etymology of "anlass"? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Etymologies Wordsmith 04/24/00 12:00 PM Re: Etymologies patatty 04/24/00 03:31 PM Re: Etymologies Philip Davis 04/24/00 07:50 PM Re: Etymologies Bear 05/01/00 06:06 AM Re: Etymologies patatty 05/01/00 03:02 PM Re: Etymologies Bear 05/02/00 04:35 AM Re: Etymologies wsieber 05/02/00 11:32 AM Re: Etymologies Bear 05/02/00 06:34 PM Re: Etymologies wwh 09/24/01 10:27 PM . Max Quordlepleen 09/24/01 11:39 PM Re: Etymologies tsuwm 09/25/01 09:08 PM Re: Etymologies wwh 10/30/01 06:04 PM Re: Etymologies Faldage 10/30/01 06:18 PM Re: Etymologies wwh 10/30/01 07:50 PM Re: Etymologies Faldage 10/30/01 08:46 PM Re: Etymologies wwh 10/31/01 03:18 PM Re: Etymologies Faldage 10/31/01 03:43 PM Re: Etymologies wwh 10/31/01 05:25 PM Re: Etymologies Keiva 11/25/01 03:23 AM Re: Etymologies Wordwind 11/25/01 08:56 AM Re: Etymologies wwh 11/25/01 03:35 PM Re: Crane's foot = pedigree wwh 11/25/01 03:49 PM Re: Crane's foot = pedigree Wordwind 11/25/01 04:00 PM grue emanuela 12/09/01 08:32 AM Re: gasket wwh 01/08/02 03:04 PM Re: gasket dxb 03/07/02 11:56 AM Re: gasket Keiva 03/07/02 12:47 PM . Max Quordlepleen 03/07/02 06:51 PM Re: gasket of troy 03/07/02 06:51 PM Re: gasket dxb 03/13/02 03:38 PM Re: gasket of troy 03/13/02 03:55 PM Re: Etymologies JColter 05/01/00 05:39 PM Re: Etymologies Philip Davis 05/01/00 11:43 PM Re: Etymologies paulb 05/03/00 11:48 AM Re: Etymologies jmh 05/03/00 12:41 PM Re: Etymologies patatty 05/05/00 04:33 PM Re: Etymologies wwh 03/17/01 05:55 PM Re: Etymologies Bingley 03/19/01 08:40 AM Re: Etymologies Jackie 03/23/01 02:57 AM . Max Quordlepleen 04/07/01 04:55 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,351 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 813 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 27 A C Bowden 22 LukeJavan8 2 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,549 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,918 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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