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by rygr
20 Mar 2023, 12:24
Forum: Religion & Philosophy
Topic: OL and "Freemasonry"
Replies: 4
Views: 1745

Re: OL and "Freemasonry"

Freon (https://glosbe.com/en/fy/friend) and freond (https://www.wordsense.eu/freond/), in, respectively, (modern) West Frisian and Old English. *bhrater- bhrāter-, Proto-Indo-European root meaning "brother." It forms all or part of: br'er; brethren; ‌‌brother; bully (n.); confrere; frater...
by rygr
20 Mar 2023, 09:22
Forum: Religion & Philosophy
Topic: OL and "Freemasonry"
Replies: 4
Views: 1745

Re: OL and "Freemasonry"

In the text, the English word freols ( frjals in Old Norse) isn’t used to mean the freeing of a slave, but freogan , which means “to love”. The Germanic, English and Old Norse word for “free” meant “to love” in the Viking Age. The word also had a broader meaning from the one we know today, namely “...
by rygr
20 Mar 2023, 00:53
Forum: Religion & Philosophy
Topic: OL and "Freemasonry"
Replies: 4
Views: 1745

Re: OL and Freemasonry

Thanks for these extensive additions (dealing, by the way, with "craft" ). Ideally, I would put Freemasonry in quotes. Other authors simply refer to the Mysteries when it comes to this subject (modern FM may be regarded, at best, as a degeneration of certain mystery traditions). So, the qu...
by rygr
19 Mar 2023, 23:19
Forum: Language & Etymology
Topic: Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star: The Letter X
Replies: 3
Views: 1432

Re: Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star: The Letter X

"Kha (Х х; italics: Х х) is a Cyrillic letter derived from the Greek letter Chi (Χ χ). It is the twenty-third letter of the Russian alphabet and represents the voiceless velar fricative /x/ unless it is before a palatalizing vowel, when it represents /xʲ/." (en.wikipedia.org) "Xi (χ):...
by rygr
19 Mar 2023, 21:39
Forum: Religion & Philosophy
Topic: OL and "Freemasonry"
Replies: 4
Views: 1745

OL and "Freemasonry"

Given the subversive role played by Freemasonry in the modern world, it seems impossible to relate this body of thought to our own traditions. The thesis of a Norwegian ex-Freemason, which presupposes such a connection, could therefore not seem more unattractive. To comprehend what seems counterintu...