"Now bethink the gentleman,
How Adam dalf and Eve span."
And the German form is:—
"So Adam reutte (reute) and Eva span
Wwer was da ein Eddelman (Edelman)?">[
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[ Plur. of "'Usfúr" = a bird, a sparrow. The etymology is characteristically Oriental and Mediaeval, reminding us of Dan Chaucer's meaning of Cecilia "Heaven's lily" (Súsan) or "Way for the blind" (Cæcus) or "Thoughts of Holiness" and lia=lasting industry; or, "Heaven and Leos" (people), so that she might be named the people's heaven (The SEcond Nonne's Tale).]
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[ i.e. "Fír is rebellious.">[
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[ Both of which, I may note, are not things but states, modes or conditions of things. See. vol. ix. 78.]