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rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:

> On Sat, 27 Apr 2024 01:20:09 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> 
> > A thrall may be a troll, but I think a shill would be more likely to be
> > such. Some shills can get quite shrill when they troll.
> 
> <https://sites.pitt.edu/~dash/rig.html>
> 
> She sat her down in the middle of the floor;
> beside her sat the son of the house:
> they chatted and whispered, their bed preparing --
> Thrall and Bond-maid -- the long day through.
> 
> 9.
> Joyous lived they and reared their children.
> Thus they called them: Brawler, Cowherd,
> Boor and Horsefly, Lewd and Lustful,
> Stout and Stumpy, Sluggard, Swarthy,
> Lout and Leggy. They fashioned fences,
> they dunged the meadows, swine they herded,
> goats they tended and turf they dug.
> 
> 10.
> Daughters were there, -- Loggy and Cloggy,
> Lumpy-leggy, and Eagle-nose,
> Whiner, Bondwoman, Oaken-peggy,
> Tatter-coat and the Crane-shanked maid.
> Thence are come the generations of thralls.
> 
> This is the Olive Bray translation. I don't know how accurate her 
> translation of the names of Thrall and Thir's children from Old Norse is
> but it adds some spice. 
> 
> "According to a prose preface to the poem Rígs?ula, Rig is associated with
> -- perhaps another name for -- the god Heimdall. In any event, the god Rig
> is an enigma. Although name Rig is mentioned only in the poem Rígs?ula, he
> was the progenitor of three social classes plus royalty, as related in the
> preceding account.
> Slaves and servants, the offspring of Thrall.
> Freemen and farmers, the offspring of Churl (Karl).
> Nobles, the offspring of Earl (Jarl).
> Royalty. The final birth described is that of the boy Kon (Konungr), whose
> name means "king." It is noteworthy that the name Rig signifies "king" in
> Irish. It is, of course, Rig's cohabitation in various settings that gives
> rise to all the social classes."
> 
> There was no DEI in those days. It was understood that in the natural
> world some were born to shovel pig shit.
>

Interesting - that's today's "thing that I learned today", thank you.

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