tmgrl2
Just courious, kwaw,...why would we not go down the path of the French word augure
as meaning an omen; a sign?
from tarrier/tarier (an augur)...to the French augure n.m. an augur, soothsayer....with verb augurer to conjecture or surmise....(sorry I left out the accents marks).
or were you trying to go down the path of the meaning connected to the tool that makes the hole, and thus, the hole.....?
Since the word augur (for tariere)...means borer or auger, could we not simply go down the path of the multiple meaning for the word augur...as soothsayer....which sends me to the expression...
In sooth, forsooth...in truth...not necessarily divination, but "to say the
truth."
I was just looking through definitions in my old Cassell's New French Dictionary (1951)
Letting my mind roam a little more after looking at this definition for augur
http://www.bartleby.com/61/6/A0520600.html
and thinking of "a sign" or "omen" that would be interpreted....and connecting it to "the hole." ...I am reminded of the black dot (I often think of the opening to a hole when I see a black dot..like a black hole)..Treasure Island...
a sign or omen....meaning ...death? a warning?
...also a black dot (the Hindu black dot on the forehead)...symbol of beauty, but also, mystical...the third eye...spiritual sight....
a hole, a black dot, an augur (makes the hole) an augur (the sign to be read, an omen)...rambling...I love to play with words.
as meaning an omen; a sign?
from tarrier/tarier (an augur)...to the French augure n.m. an augur, soothsayer....with verb augurer to conjecture or surmise....(sorry I left out the accents marks).
or were you trying to go down the path of the meaning connected to the tool that makes the hole, and thus, the hole.....?
Since the word augur (for tariere)...means borer or auger, could we not simply go down the path of the multiple meaning for the word augur...as soothsayer....which sends me to the expression...
In sooth, forsooth...in truth...not necessarily divination, but "to say the
truth."
I was just looking through definitions in my old Cassell's New French Dictionary (1951)
Letting my mind roam a little more after looking at this definition for augur
http://www.bartleby.com/61/6/A0520600.html
and thinking of "a sign" or "omen" that would be interpreted....and connecting it to "the hole." ...I am reminded of the black dot (I often think of the opening to a hole when I see a black dot..like a black hole)..Treasure Island...
a sign or omen....meaning ...death? a warning?
...also a black dot (the Hindu black dot on the forehead)...symbol of beauty, but also, mystical...the third eye...spiritual sight....
a hole, a black dot, an augur (makes the hole) an augur (the sign to be read, an omen)...rambling...I love to play with words.