From: Patricia
Message: 5117
Date: 2005-04-03
Saell HaukurI believe there has to be a connection here somewhereCollins dictionary in English givesSteeple a tall ornamental tower on a church roofSpire the tall cone-shaped structure on the top of a churchdo the two words have some mutual origin unless we may say Spire is of Latin originand steeple obviously far more likely to be of Norse originSince the two words have almost identical meaning, can we see a connection here, and my thanks to you for calling my description logical, my logic is not one of my best pointsIt can be slightly twisted like the Spire of the AllSaints Church in Chesterfield, or is it a steepleKveðjaPatricia----- Original Message -----From: Haukur ÞorgeirssonSent: Sunday, April 03, 2005 3:24 PMSubject: Re: [norse_course] Aw heck: "hekk á"> I would say that they approached this marvel, and the Steeple became
> apparent first, that is not Archaeology but Geography, if you approach a
> church (with steeple) from a bending/winding road you see the steeple's
> top then the steeple and so on.
> But then upon nearer view, they noticed the tower, which had not it's
> "roots/foundations" in the earth and thus seemed suspended from the
> steeple, an Architectural Miracle Llama Nom nothing more.
> A better explanation for this effect is to visualise the approach of a
> Tea Clipper at sea, first you get the flags then the mast/sails, and
> then the ship, because if the Earth were flat, then you would see the
> ship's "Pointed end" first, but you do not.
That actually seems like a fairly logical explanation.
I'm not familiar with "spire" as a possible meaning
for 'stöpull', though.
Kveðja,
Haukur
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