Yes it was a set-up line. But I would like to know what the Germanic peoples
called their arms before they were arms.
David
On Mar 2, 2016, at 9:43 PM, John McCreery <john.mccreery@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Not to the Celts.
On Thu, Mar 3, 2016 at 2:16 AM, david ritchie <profdritchie@xxxxxxxxx
<mailto:profdritchie@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
Weapon is a Saxon word. Arm, in the sense of arms and armour and army, seems
to be the Latinate equivalent. But when I search my brain for a Saxon
equivalent for the appendage on our body I get only “arm.” Were Saxons
armless?
David Ritchie,
Portland, Oregon
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