[meteorite-list] Meteorite Friends page photos: to boot

[bernd.pauli at paulinet.de]

Good morning List, 

.. it's 02:20 hrs here and time to go to bed, but:

John kindly wrote:

" 'to boot'  adv phr fr 1000s [fr Old English, "as profit"]
New Dictionary of American Slang - Robert L. Chapman, Ph.D."

Michael Blood had inquired:

"anyone know the origin of "to boot?"


Hello booties ;-)

"... and seo earthe sippan* the that waeter underfeng wearth manegum to bote."

Aelfric's Life of King Oswald written around 998 (material from Bede):

"... and the earth which afterwards received this water became a healing remedy for many"

Huh ??? ;-)

*the "pp" should be a double, voiceless "th"

The English word "boot" is derived from a Germanic word that has survived in modern
German as "Beute" (= a booty) - something that has been seized by violence or robbery,
but it is also something that helps you, something you profit from.

Good night,

Bernd