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Svantevit
Posted:
Sun Jul 03, 2005 2:12 pmby Cleopatra Aelia
Salve Draco,
I agree with you that Svantevit indeed sounds Scandinavian but it is truly a Slavic word. The stem "svet, swant or svent" means holy, mighty, powerful. "-vit" is derived from "vitez" meaning lord, victor.
In Norwegian "svane" means swan (Schwan in German). And I know of the Scandinavian name Svanhild.
Posted:
Mon Jul 04, 2005 12:21 pmby Curio Agelastus
Speaking of Slavic words and holidays and such, in a couple of weeks I'm off to Krakow to pursue a burgeoning interest in the Polish language. Given that I still know almost nothing of Polish, it should be an interesting trip...
Posted:
Mon Jul 04, 2005 4:45 pmby Q. C. Locatus Barbatus
This summer...
I just visited Bretagne (France) for a week, friday I'm going on holiday with handicapped people until the 15th, 24th-29th of july I'm going on holiday with handicapped children... and in August I will be looking for a job I suppose.
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Tue Jul 05, 2005 9:10 pmby Cleopatra Aelia
Salve Curio,
Curio Agelastus wrote:Speaking of Slavic words and holidays and such, in a couple of weeks I'm off to Krakow to pursue a burgeoning interest in the Polish language. Given that I still know almost nothing of Polish, it should be an interesting trip...
I tried to learn Polish a couple of years ago at an evening class but it's kinda hard to learn esp. when you don't have that much time and energy to do so after work. The reason I wanted to learn it was because my grandfather was from Poland (from Kraków to be precise) and it was for me kinda way of getting to know this one side of my origins. And I still wanna go to Kraków one day as I've heard it's a very nice city. So you gotta tell me about your trip to that place.
Posted:
Tue Jul 05, 2005 9:13 pmby Cleopatra Aelia
Salve Locate,
Q. C. Locatus Barbatus wrote:... and in August I will be looking for a job I suppose.
...und wie wäre es, wenn Du im August ein paar Tage in Trier bei "Brot und Spiele" entspannst bevor Du Dich auf die Jobsuche machst???
(-> Thread in der Provincia Belgica "SVR Treffen in Trier")
Huh?
Posted:
Sun Jul 17, 2005 6:59 amby Aldus Marius
...What was that about?
Perplexed,
Re: Vale!
Posted:
Sun Jul 17, 2005 11:32 amby Quintus Pomponius Atticus
Ti. Coruncanius wrote:This party is over. Show yourselves out.
I thought we agreed to begin this symposium after the exam period, which is about, uhm,
now 
? Perhaps proposing a new schedule and starting date would be more advisable than refusing to start at all because we've had some (justifiable) delays...
Vale,
Atticus