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Re: QUERY: "Wodnaggen" in PF
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Dear Maurice,
Wod=wood; naggen=to irritate, to provoke, to 'nag' (see the description of
the 'woodcabin' in question). But 'wod'>Wodan.
See also this useful link (*nag* might be 'to abide' in Hebrew, but I think
the person in the link is confusing it with the Arabic *nakh* - which was
introduced in the English language by Richard F. Burton and which means 'to
(make) (a camel) kneel down'*).
http://importantwork.com/text/palefire/commentary1.html
Best,
Hafid
*This is done by hitting it on the shins.
2013/11/13 NABOKV-L, English <nabokv-l@holycross.edu>
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> Dear List,
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> Neither Zimmer nor Boyd offered an annotation for the word "wodnaggen"
> in Pale Fire (note to lines 47-48). Has anybody come up with an explanation
> that I have missed.
>
> Thank you for your help.
>
> Maurice Couturier
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Wod=wood; naggen=to irritate, to provoke, to 'nag' (see the description of
the 'woodcabin' in question). But 'wod'>Wodan.
See also this useful link (*nag* might be 'to abide' in Hebrew, but I think
the person in the link is confusing it with the Arabic *nakh* - which was
introduced in the English language by Richard F. Burton and which means 'to
(make) (a camel) kneel down'*).
http://importantwork.com/text/palefire/commentary1.html
Best,
Hafid
*This is done by hitting it on the shins.
2013/11/13 NABOKV-L, English <nabokv-l@holycross.edu>
>
> Dear List,
>
> Neither Zimmer nor Boyd offered an annotation for the word "wodnaggen"
> in Pale Fire (note to lines 47-48). Has anybody come up with an explanation
> that I have missed.
>
> Thank you for your help.
>
> Maurice Couturier
>
> --
> Susan Elizabeth Sweeney
> Co-Editor, NABOKV-L
>
> Google Search the archive<http://www.google.com/advanced_search?q=site:listserv.ucsb.edu&HL=en> Contact
> the Editors <nabokv-l@utk.edu,nabokv-l@holycross.edu> Visit "Nabokov
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