In answer to Jansy's question below: "verbalala" corresponds to "camel". "Three hundred camels" in Zemblan would be "tri stana verbalala", and in Russian: "trista verblyudov."

Earl Sampson

On Jan 2, 2009, at 6:58 AM, jansymello wrote:

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Another question: I'm now curious about the "Verbalala" in Arnor’s poem. He describes a miragarl ("mirage girl") and  CK translates two verses: "a dream king in the sandy wastes of time would give three hundred camels and three fountains" ( "On sagaren werem tremkin tri stana/ Verbalala wod gev ut tri phantana.").
What would "verbalala" correspond to... Not "a dream king"?
 




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