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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: at the edge of the shoulder, there is a #133533 09/28/2004 1:21 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky I hadn't heard of this word before, Helen, although arm's eye was my first guess. But usually, don't we take olde spellings and modernize them? This appears to be the reverse of that. Although--perhaps arm's eye WAS spelled that way, way back, and simply wasn't ever used enough to be modernized...? To you experts: does cye mean anything; or rather, did it, maybe in ME or OE? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted at the edge of the shoulder, there is a of troy 09/27/2004 4:34 PM Re: at the edge of the shoulder, there is a jheem 09/27/2004 4:40 PM Re: at the edge of the shoulder, there is a Jackie 09/28/2004 1:21 AM Re: at the edge of the shoulder, there is a Jackie 09/28/2004 1:46 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

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