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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread The Interpretation of Dreams #147639 09/10/05 12:59 PM Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 38 U ullrich OP newbie OP ullrich newbie U Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 38 And while we are on the subject of the unexpectedly arcane etymologies to everyday words [?], can anyone explain why the word "read" has its root in "rædan", "raden" and "raten" (respectively, Germanic, Dutch and German) which makes a reader, roughly "an interpreter of dreams" ? Is this some throwback to a mantic use of the written word? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Siderated. ullrich 09/08/05 12:52 PM Re: Siderated. AnnaStrophic 09/08/05 01:02 PM perhaps more thunderstruck than starstruck.. tsuwm 09/08/05 02:23 PM Steeleye Span AnnaStrophic 09/08/05 02:46 PM Re: Steeleye Span tsuwm 09/08/05 02:49 PM Re: Steeleye Span inselpeter 09/08/05 03:06 PM Re: Steeleye Span tsuwm 09/08/05 03:12 PM Re: predate, schredate AnnaStrophic 09/08/05 03:55 PM Re: predate, schredate tsuwm 09/08/05 04:30 PM con-siderate AnnaStrophic 09/08/05 05:25 PM considerate tsuwm 09/08/05 08:12 PM Re: considerate Faldage 09/08/05 09:30 PM Re: fsigma tsuwm 09/08/05 10:17 PM Siderated: "Ill-fated" or "blasted" ? ullrich 09/08/05 10:47 PM after considering all this I am unsure wofahulicodoc 09/10/05 12:07 AM Re: after considering all this I am unsure inselpeter 09/10/05 12:21 AM O you who turn the wheel and look to windward ullrich 09/10/05 11:46 AM Re: O you who turn the wheel and look to windward inselpeter 09/10/05 12:00 PM The Interpretation of Dreams ullrich 09/10/05 12:59 PM Re: The Interpretation of Dreams zmjezhd 09/10/05 02:20 PM Re: The Interpretation of Dreams inselpeter 09/10/05 02:29 PM Re: The Interpretation of Dreams Buffalo Shrdlu 09/10/05 02:34 PM Re: The Interpretation of Dreams zmjezhd 09/10/05 02:43 PM Re: The Interpretation of Dreams inselpeter 09/10/05 03:40 PM Re: dreaming of interpretations Buffalo Shrdlu 09/10/05 03:51 PM Re: khora inselpeter 09/10/05 05:21 PM Re: maneater zmjezhd 09/10/05 06:24 PM Look out her she comes, she's a maneater of troy 09/10/05 08:49 PM Re: ecce mulier zmjezhd 09/10/05 10:49 PM Vagina dentate ullrich 09/11/05 10:04 AM Re: hunkypunk Buffalo Shrdlu 09/11/05 10:33 AM Re: Vagina dentata zmjezhd 09/11/05 02:17 PM Re: Look out her she comes, she's a maneater Faldage 09/11/05 12:08 PM Re: Look out her she comes, she's a maneater inselpeter 09/11/05 12:32 PM Re: Look out her she comes, she's a maneater Buffalo Shrdlu 09/11/05 03:13 PM Knock, knock? ullrich 09/12/05 12:58 AM Re: To wit? inselpeter 09/12/05 01:36 AM None. ullrich 09/12/05 03:28 AM Re: None. inselpeter 09/12/05 04:02 AM Non sequitur ullrich 09/12/05 12:14 PM Re: Non sequitur inselpeter 09/12/05 01:25 PM Non-Non Sequitur? ullrich 09/12/05 01:52 PM Re: Non-Non Sequitur? inselpeter 09/12/05 02:06 PM Re: Non-Non Sequitur? ullrich 09/12/05 02:47 PM Re: sic semper sequuntur? zmjezhd 09/12/05 03:15 PM Re: sic semper sequuntur? of troy 09/12/05 03:33 PM Re: sic semper sequuntur? zmjezhd 09/12/05 03:47 PM Honi soit qui mal y pense ullrich 09/13/05 12:10 PM Re: Honi soit qui mal y pense Jackie 09/13/05 12:44 PM Trash talk? ullrich 09/13/05 01:45 PM Trash talk-- of troy 09/13/05 03:05 PM Re: Bowdler and Grundy zmjezhd 09/13/05 04:01 PM Re: Bowdler and Grundy Jackie 09/13/05 04:33 PM Re: Bowdler and Grundy zmjezhd 09/13/05 07:04 PM Ulrich Kinbote's suggestions for this board ullrich 09/14/05 02:35 AM Re: Ulrich Kinbote's suggestions for this board Capital Kiwi 09/14/05 10:11 AM Re: Bowdler and Grundy of troy 09/13/05 05:39 PM Re: The Interpretation of Dreams Faldage 09/10/05 02:41 PM Re: Deacon Blue Buffalo Shrdlu 09/08/05 05:28 PM Re: predate, schredate wsieber 09/09/05 05:37 AM I don't get it. ullrich 09/09/05 06:44 AM Re: I don't get it. TEd Remington 09/09/05 09:32 AM Re: I don't get it. AnnaStrophic 09/09/05 12:37 PM Re: I don't get it. inselpeter 09/09/05 12:48 PM Re: I don't get it. wsieber 09/09/05 12:48 PM Re: I don't get it. inselpeter 09/09/05 12:55 PM Re: I don't get it. sjmaxq 09/09/05 07:43 PM Re: I don't get it. belMarduk 09/10/05 12:11 AM Re: false cognates zmjezhd 09/09/05 02:27 PM Re: false cognates tsuwm 09/09/05 06:21 PM Re: Siderated. TEd Remington 09/09/05 09:36 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. 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