[Regia-NA] Re: [Regia] Gambesons and German!!!

[Phil Scott]

Thanks for these responses, 'twas as I suspected. However the link to Old 
French is interesting for us Normans.

Phil

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cory Nielsen" <cnielsen at connect2.com>
To: <regia at yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 21, 2006 7:21 PM
Subject: Re: [Regia] Gambesons and German!!!


I'm no expert, but I remember a bit from German classes...

The "High" and "Low" when speaking of the German languages do refer to
geographic location:  High German developed to the south (higher in
elevation), while Low German developed to the north, closer to the coast
(the lowland areas).

I believe Old English is more closely related to Old Saxon and Middle Low
German (the ancestors of Low German) than to Old High German, since the
Saxons that settled Britain would have come from the north of modern-day
Germany.  The High German language group underwent a drastic consonant shift
(for example, many p-sounds became f- or pf-sounds; many t-sounds became s-
or ts- sounds) that didn't affect Old Saxon or other Germanic languages
including Frisian, the Scandinavian tongues, and Old English.

Hope that made sense...

Cory

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Phil Scott" <phils at clara.net>
To: "Regia UK" <regia at yahoogroups.com>
Cc: "Regia NA" <list-regia-na at lig.net>
Sent: Sunday, May 21, 2006 10:21 AM
Subject: [Regia] Gambesons and German!!!


> Can anyone explain the difference to me, please, between Old High German
> and Old Low German? Is it as I presume geographic?
>
> The reason I ask is this, I've been told there is no word for a gambeson
> in Old English. My dictionary though lists the word 'gambeson' as Old
> French, but deriving from the Old High German 'wamba' meaning belly. I am
> wondering then about the links between Old High German and Old English.
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> Any thoughts?
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