Difference between revisions of "Brood"
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* '''blood''' → [[L/R split]] → '''Sod's brood''' = '''God's blood''' (cf. the old minced oath ''''sblood''') | * '''blood''' → [[L/R split]] → '''Sod's brood''' = '''God's blood''' (cf. the old minced oath ''''sblood''') | ||
| − | * '''blood:''' Shakespeare's Sonnet XIX: "Devouring Time, blunt thou the lion's paws, / And make the earth devour her own sweet brood; / Pluck the keen teeth from the fierce tiger's jaws, /And burn | + | * '''blood:''' Shakespeare's Sonnet XIX: "Devouring Time, blunt thou the lion's paws, / And make the earth devour her own sweet brood; / Pluck the keen teeth from the fierce tiger's jaws, /And burn the long-lived phoenix in her blood." Compare "devour her own sweet brood" to "The old sow that eats her farrow" from Chapter 5, ''A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man''. |
| + | The old sow that eats her farrow | ||
[[Category:Shakespeare]] | [[Category:Shakespeare]] | ||
[[Category:Minced oaths]] | [[Category:Minced oaths]] | ||
| + | [[Category:A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man]] | ||
Revision as of 10:07, 19 January 2014
- brood: offspring; children
- bride
- blood → L/R split → Sod's brood = God's blood (cf. the old minced oath 'sblood)
- blood: Shakespeare's Sonnet XIX: "Devouring Time, blunt thou the lion's paws, / And make the earth devour her own sweet brood; / Pluck the keen teeth from the fierce tiger's jaws, /And burn the long-lived phoenix in her blood." Compare "devour her own sweet brood" to "The old sow that eats her farrow" from Chapter 5, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.
The old sow that eats her farrow
