[Sca-cooks] The great Medieval water myth
Terry Decker
t.d.decker at att.net
Sat Nov 23 06:11:02 PST 2013
per ENHG: erhalten = obtain, sustain
**Erhalten can also mean "continue, go on" which I suspect is the meaning
here in reference to being a cook.
therefor all the water/ which has a sour/ sharp/
over-salted taste/ as of sulphur and Nitro
(soda?)/ it is harmful and unhealthy to use as a
natural drink.
Ranvaig
If the word being used is "Natron," it's an obsolete reference to sodium in
the general and sodium carbonate in the particular. Modernly, he would
likely use the word Alkali in reference to a mineralized water possibly
containing such nasty alkalis as arsenic. The tap water in Reno, while safe
to drink, is an example.
Bear
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