Re: Ares day and Ertag ... Greek and Germanic

On 2008-11-04 15:06, A. wrote:

> Have we any means now left of getting at the sense of this obscure
> root Eor?
> The description of the rune in the AS. poem gives only a slight hint,
> it runs thus:
>
> Eor is horrible to every knight,
> when the corpse quickly begins to cool
> and is laid in the bosom of the dark earth.
> Prosperity declines, happiness passes away
> and covenants are broken.

It's properly <e:ar> (the name of the <e(:)a> rune), presumed to be
identical with OIc. aurr 'soil, sand, dust' (or some such meaning),
hence the poetic expression <hylja auri> 'inhume, lay sb. in the grave".

Piotr