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From: misrael@scripps.edu (Mark Israel)
Subject: Re: Old English "aunts".
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Date: Mon, 12 Jun 1995 20:18:19 GMT
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In article <johan.nordlander-0206951053570001@nod.eng.umu.se>, johan.nordlander@engelska.umu.se (Johan Nordlander) writes:

> Did there ever exist any Old English words for 'paternal aunt' and
> 'maternal aunt', respectively?

   Yes.  

maternal aunt:  mo:drige
paternal aunt:  fa<dh>e
maternal uncle: e:am
paternal uncle: f<ae>dera
mother:         mo:dor
father:		f<ae>der

   Believe it or not, there's an English-to-Anglo-Saxon Dictionary!
_Wordcraft:  Concise Dictionary & Thesaurus, Modern English - Old
English_ by Stephen Pollington, Anglo-Saxon Books, 1993, ISBN
1-898281-02-5.

> Johan Nordlander               Atari TT/30 & Mac Quadra 800
> Department of English          Linguistics -- a profession 
> Umea University                             not an opinion!

   The professional linguists in sci.lang had 10 days to answer 
your question, and didn't.  I will refrain from opining on the 
significance of that. :-)

--
misrael@scripps.edu			Mark Israel
