Author: Djordje Vidanovic
Date: 15:18:02 05/29/00
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On May 29, 2000 at 15:01:08, Frederic Friedel wrote: >I have absolutely nothing to contribute on this matter. >I just want to start a thread with the correct spelling. >The Haloween thind is driving me nuts. As a matter of fact, the spelling used (Haloween) is not so much at odds with the old spelling of the head noun (<halow, cf. _1489 Caxton Sonnes of Aymon iii. 99, I swere you vpon all halowes. Ibid. xix. 418, I swere to you, sire, by all halowen; 1596 Dalrymple tr. Leslie's Hist. Scot. ix. 200 Jn Edr vpon a [= a'] Halow day, rais sik a wind and wethir; or a later example: 1795 Macpherson Wyntoun's Cron. Gloss., Halow-fair is held on the day of all saints; ) Of course, the suffix (-en) could be confusing, but it is only an abbreviation for All-Hallow-Even (e'en) and as such can be ignored in the modern version of the spelling... Frederic, you asked for it :-) *** Djordje
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