the
danish word digte means
both
to write poems and
to caulk (i.e. is not just a chance
homonymy)
to caulk
reality
the pointing
between language and
world
digtning is
the
actual process of
filling
in holes and
cracks as when ship’s hulls
are
caulked and brushed
with
tar and pitch
1 comment:
the etymology, strictly speaking, is that digte (to write poetry) comes from the late-latin dictare (to make, fashion), whereas digte (to seal, make tight) is probably a loan word from dutch (dichten - cf. dutch dicht doen, dicht bij). the cognate danish word is tætne, which indeed means to seal or make tight. and tight is the english cognate word.
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