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Offline Сергей

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Charm for a Swarm of Bees
« on: 16 January 2020, 13:39:17 »
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В EMnE было bee «кольцо», «ожерелье» (< ОЕ bēaȝ); словари говорят, что оно есть и сейчас как архаизм.
Омоним пчелы что ли?

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Re: Charm for a Swarm of Bees
« Reply #1 on: 16 January 2020, 13:42:06 »
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Ну да, MnE bee «пчела» < OE bēo. Помнится, был ОЕ стих про пчёл, надо поискать :)

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Re: Charm for a Swarm of Bees
« Reply #2 on: 16 January 2020, 19:11:30 »
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Помнится, был ОЕ стих про пчёл, надо поискать :)

Заговор для пчелиного роя

Wið ymbe nim eorþan, oferweorp mid þīnre swīþran
handa under þīnum swīþran fēt, and cwet:

Fō ic under fōt,      funde ic hit.
Hwæt, eorðe mæȝ,      wið ealra wihta ȝehwilce
And wið andan,      and wið ǣminde
And wið þā micelan      mannes tunȝan.

And wiððon forweorp ofer ȝrēot, þonne hī swirman, and cweð:

Sitte ȝē, siȝewif,      siȝað tō eorþan!
Nǣfre ȝē wilde      tō wuda flēoȝan.
Bēo ȝē swā ȝemindiȝe      mīnes ȝōdes,
swā bið manna ȝehwilc      metes and eþeles.

Against [a swarm of bees], take some earth, throw it down with your right hand under your right foot, and speak:

I seize it under foot, I’ve found it now.
Lo! Earth has might over all creatures
and against malice and over mindlessness
and over the mighty man with his mighty tongue.

And thereupon, when they swarm, throw gravel over them and speak:

Victory-wives! Sit down, sink to the earth now!
Never to the woodland wild may you fly.
Be so mindful of my fortune,
as folks all are of food and home.
« Last Edit: 16 January 2020, 19:18:25 by Владимир »