[Sca-cooks] Lemons in Middle English
Phlip
phlip at 99main.com
Sat Feb 5 20:15:53 PST 2005
Ene bichizh ogsen baina shuu...
> > yenst him, she kytte of al the longe her of hir hede, and cladde hir in
> > precious clothing like to
> > a man; and yede to the palys þere as hir lemon was to be demyd, and
saluyd
> > þe Iustice; and al they
> > trowid þat she had be a knite. And þe Iuge Enquerid
>
> I think the lemon in this writing is actually leman, a(n illicit) lover.
>
>
> Bear
That was my reading too, Bear, although overlapping the images did provide a
certain amount of amusement ;-)
Saint Phlip,
CoD
"When in doubt, heat it up and hit it with a hammer."
Blacksmith's credo.
If it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it is probably not a
cat.
Never a horse that cain't be rode,
And never a rider who cain't be throwed....
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